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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

I love Russell Bertrand..thank you, Katzchen, for posting this.