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This is a must read book for all especially in the chaos of the world today. I have difficulty sometimes reviewing books that affect me emotionally. This is even better than the anne frank story, and i think partly because the author survived, giving ... Read More
This is a must read if you are at all interested in the holocaust. The story is about 18 jews, and the love and bravery that enabled them to survive 18 months in an underground 4-foot-tall bunker during world war 2.
Clara's war ranks right up there with the best of them. It makes the reader go into the bunker with clara, her family, and the others that were hiding. Clara, tho is an excellent writer. God bless clara.
What these people went through is unimaginable. The family that cared for them deserves a medal for their bravery. Heartless murderers contrast sharply with the courage of the beck family.
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The writing is distilled and seems impersonal. Perhaps the writers are just unsuccessful at putting the experiences into words that express the horror intimately. This book is surely little more than teenage clara's diary written to pass the long bori... Read More
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The honest straightforward sharing of the complexities and inner conflicts of individuals families and communities give this bo... Read More
This is a real hard read in that the writing is so well done that you feel present in every page
The terror and hardships of living in a 4foot tall underground bunker for 18 months during wwii—starved dehydrated dirty diseas... Read More
Imagine not being able to stand up for eighteen months in a dirt hole with eighteen other people
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I cant imagine how the jews could survive when the nazis arrive and start to round them up
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The terror and hardships of living in a 4foot tall underground bunker for 18 months during wwii—starved dehydrated dirty diseased—while nazi soldiers and trainmen lived in the house above along with the family who hid and protected them is almost unbelievable
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An alleged antisemitic family hides 18 jewish people in a bunker under his house
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Most of us are familiar with anne frank’s diary and i certainly wouldn’t take anything away from what those people endured
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Imagine not being able to stand up for eighteen months in a dirt hole with eighteen other people
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Stuck in a dugout space under a house they had to rely on one german couple and their daughter to take care of all their food and needs
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If you read this amazing account you will be ashamed to think of the petty inconveniences that we gripe about today
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I cant imagine living in a bunker for so long
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There were times i could not go on and had to walk away
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