Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz by Thomas Harding

3 reviews

sewfarsewgood's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

A well written book about an important part of history. Unlike most history books which can slow going due to the sheer amount of information they pack in I found this a quick paced read and my only criticism would be that at some points I wished for more information. On the other hand this encouraged me to look things up and read more into certain things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Genocide

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

I found this strangely gripping, despite knowing what was going to happen. I thought the way Harding told the stories of the two men in parallel was really effective and it was interesting to think about the paths lives can take and choices people make. It was naturally a tough read at times given its subject matter but I thought it was very sensitively handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Torture, Hate crime, Physical abuse, War, Xenophobia, Deportation, and Suicide

kaddictwithapen's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, and Violence