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A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck Kindle Edition

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His road leads to the place of nightmares. But will that stop be his last?

Hungary, 1939. Like most Hungarian Jews during the onset of World War II, Shomo Stern is sent to the front lines with the Forced Labor Services – to be worked to death under the thumb of the Nazi war machine. Fighting the bitter European winter, the battalions witness horrific events in the wake of the Nazi advance.

Then the rumors start. Rumors of trains packed full of Jews, never to be seen again…

Shomo will not let that be his fate.

While other Forced Labor battalions are decimated, Stern and his comrades survive crippling hunger, blistering cold, and impossible tasks. With nothing but his courage, ingenuity, and no small amount of luck, Shomo fights time and time again for his life and his freedom. But his road ultimately only leads him one way.
He survived the long way to Auschwitz. But can he survive the horrors it hides?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B6FTZVPP
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4457 KB
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,699 ratings

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Simon Haim and his twin brother, David, were born in Tel Aviv in 1948 to Holocaust survivor parents.

As children, their parents tried to shield them from the pain and loss they had suffered during World War II. They thought that such stories were not appropriate for children. But their attempts to conceal the past proved unsuccessful. It was clear to the twins that the home they were growing up in was different from the homes of their friends.

As the years went on, the past became clearer. Haim’s father, Shomo, began to recount to his children stories from the forced labor he had endured while Germany carried out its attack on Russia. The stories were gripping, fascinating, and full of danger. Somehow, father Shomo always came out of them on his feet.

The family led a seemingly normal life alongside the harsh memories. Shomo managed a dentistry clinic, David became a professor of dentistry, and Haim studied to become an engineer, eventually selling one of his companies to Microsoft Inc.

But Haim’s real passion was and still is history, particularly the period in history that changed his people’s destiny – World War II.

A Long Way to Auschwitz combines fascinating descriptions from that turbulent time with the incredible and moving stories of Haim’s own father, Shomo.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A moving and engrossing true story
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
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I have read many stories and true accounts of the Holocaust but found this to be one of the best. Not only do we learn about the many camps he survived but we also are introduced to some of the best and the worst of humanity.

The storyteller weaves the present and the past in a way that is easy to follow. By the end of the book I felt I had been given a glimpse of a truly remarkable life. On the level of the powerful story entitled Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Survivor memoir I’ve Read
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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This thoughtful and often brutally honest survivor memoir is full of historical context and deep personal insights, losses, and struggles in enduring 5 years of the holocaust experience, where all of Europe (and even the US and the Pope) were all complicit in their determination to directly or indirectly exterminate the Jewish race. This is the ultimate book to read if you really want to understand the breadth and magnitude of the final solution and the political complexity of the issues. All of Europe knew what was happening to the Jews, and the Leaders of the world stood silent and/or helped Germany in its deadly Final Solution.
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Wanda Holden
5.0 out of 5 stars Sad but true
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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As I read this book, I cried at the evilness befallen upon the prisoners . The book was well written so that you could picture it and feel the anguish. I hope that we never see this type of evilness again.
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Arlyne
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
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I enjoyed the author's concise telling of his story,which was heartbreaking and, also, uplifting. He was a strong and determined. He has a graphic mistake when asserts that the Commandant of Auschwitz, received a life sentence for his actions. He is mistaken. Rudolf Horse was hung in Poland, for his vile actions.
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spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars A story of amazing courage
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2024
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I believe that this book should be read by everyone. It's written in a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and draws you into the lives of people! It truly is a story of survival!
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Krista Beal
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart breaking and amazing at the same time.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2023
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I recently read this after watching the series "A Small Light" on Disney Plus. I wanted to learn more about the survival of the Jewish people during WW2.

I was blown away by how little I actually knew about the Holocaust. This book shows so much that so many went through from 1939 until the end of the war.

Evil fails to truly describe what the Nazis did to the Jewish people. Forced labor, prostitution, soap, gold, the list goes on and on, and this book tells it all.

Towards the end, it became harder to read, only because of the hardships and struggle to survive was so vivid. But it was worth it to know the truth.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A true heart searching story
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023
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This book tells of life's desire to survive among the worst
Possible conditions.
What I liked most that in life we meet the worst and best of
people. It is up to ous like Shomo to choose the best way.

A heart wrenching true story.
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Cheri Branham
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2024
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Mr Monaco's book is an amazing story of survival and strength.
He was so blessed to be able to survive all that he went through and to share it with the world.
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Louis M. Fried
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2023
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An excellent book that is well written and very informative. The author survived working in a Hungarian labour battalion in the Soviet Union during WW2 and a subsequent imprisonment in Auschwitz and other death camps. Highly recommended.
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Bmoc
5.0 out of 5 stars Troubling
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2023
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Thank you for sharing your experience and the strength and extreme tolerance to not being broken. Couldn’t put to book down. Very good read and insight of the atrocities people went through!
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Pat Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars very informative book.
Reviewed in Canada on October 13, 2022
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I enjoyed this book so much I read it twice in 6 weeks. In between I read another book about Auschwitz which also good but not as informative. I’m sure I will read it again in a year or so. I learned a lot.
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Joanne Sims
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2023
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Words cannot describe the emotions you go through reading this story. It makes you feel you are there every step of the journey. A compelling read, I could not put the book down.
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Renata Solski
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written biography
Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2022
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This book is one of the better books of the many I have read relating to the Holocaust. The chapters are short and self-contained. An inspiring story!
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