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    The Brothers of Auschwitz
    The Brothers of Auschwitz
    The Brothers of Auschwitz
    Audiobook15 hours

    The Brothers of Auschwitz

    Written by Malka Adler

    Narrated by Peter Noble

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The USA Today Bestseller

    My brother’s tears left a delicate, clean line on his face. I stroked his cheek, whispered, it’s really you …

    Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war.

    But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour. One hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz.

    Six decades later, from the safety of their living rooms at home in Israel, the brothers finally break their silence to a friend who will never let their stories be forgotten.

    Malka Adler’s extraordinary biographical novel of a family separated by the Holocaust and their harrowing journey back to each other is based on interviews with the brothers she grew up with by the Sea of Galilee. When they decided to tell their story, she was the only one they would talk to.

    Told in a poetic style reminiscent of Margaret Atwood, this is a visceral yet essential read for those who have found strength, solace and above all, hope, in books like The Choice, The Librarian of Auschwitz and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

    Praise for The Brothers of Auschwitz

    ‘I sat down and read this within a few hours, my wife is now reading it and it is bringing tears to her eyes’ Amazon reviewer

    ‘The story is so incredible and the author writes so beautifully that it is impossible to stay indifferent. I gave the book to my mom and she called me after she finished crying and telling me how much she loved it’ Amazon reviewer

    ‘It is a book we all must read, read in order to know … It is harsh, enthralling, earth-shattering, rattling – but we must. And nothing less’ Aliza Ziegler, Editor-in-Chief at Proza Books, Yedioth Ahronoth Publishing House

    ‘Great courage is needed to write as Adler does – without softening, without beautifying, without leaving any room to imagination’ Yehudith Rotem, Haaretz newspaper

    ‘This is a book we are not allowed not to read’ Leah Roditi, At Magazine

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    TranslatorNoel Canin
    Release dateJan 30, 2020
    ISBN9780008392932
    The Brothers of Auschwitz
    Author

    Malka Adler

    Malka Adler was born in a small village near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. She began her work as an author when she turned 50. After taking a creative writing course, she fell in love with the art. Malka has written six books, four of which are about the Holocaust. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees in educational counselling at Bar Ilan University and is a family and couples' therapist, writer and facilitator of several reading clubs.

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    • 5/5
      I am compelled to write a review of The Brothers of Auschwitz because it has been labelled as fiction by others and is classified as fiction by the publisher. This is not fiction. This is a narrative based on the memories of three members of a family of five, who survived capture by the Hungarian army, the inhuman treatment by the nazis in concentration camps, the miraculous survival by mostly chance, their reintegration into life and the anger and brokenness that still pervades their thoughts seventy(?) years later. The narrative format helps it hold together as a story but there is no doubt as to the veracity of what was done in the anti-semitic climate. I personally know people who endured similar experience at similar times and places and I am offended by the "fiction" label.I have read much about the holocaust and there is vastly more to know and read. This book stands out for it's focus on the experience of these people and their day to day lives with the memories of the smells and sights they cannot purge from their minds. I think it is worthwhile to read and learn something about how survivors get through a day even while their lives appear somewhat normal to the observer.
    • 5/5
      I read a lot of WWII fiction but this book is told on such a personal level that it really touched me. I will admit to some tears as I was reading it but the overwhelming feeling after reading this book is the bravery and resilience of the people who survived the concentration camps - the people who saw humanity at its worst and then had to live with the memories of the people they lost and how they were treated for the rest of their lives.This is a raw, heartbreaking novel about two brothers who survived the war and their life after the war as they tried to acclimate back into normalcy. It is full of pain and sorrow but there is also love and friendship and people who put themselves in danger to help the brothers. Even though it was difficult to read, I highly recommend it to people who enjoy reading books about this brutal time in history. This is a book that I won't soon forget.