A revised edition of an extraordinary record of life in the Warsaw Ghetto; first published in 1945; before the end of World War 2. Originally edited by SL Schneiderman; this edition has a new introduction by Susan Lee Pentlin.On her fifteenth birthday; as the German army tightens its grip on Warsaw; Mary Berg begins writing her diary. She does not yet know that by the time she has filled twelve small notebooks she will have endured four years of Nazi terror and recorded in vivid detail some of the most important events of the twentieth century.From the siege of Warsaw to the final; brutal suppression of the Ghetto Uprising; she documents the plight of the refugees; the lives of the nouveaux riches; the forced conscription; the deportations and the heroism of the resistance fighters who rose up against German oppression. Rescued with her family through an allied prisoner exchange; Mary smuggled out of Warsaw the diary she had begun four years earlier. In doing so; she brought to light one of the most incredible documents of the Second World War - the uniquely personal story of a life-loving girl's encounter with unparalleled human suffering; and an extraordinary insight into one of the darkest chapters of history.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful. A Great Overview of Alexander's Military CareerBy Virtuoso FanHaving now read 40+ books about Alexander; I didn't expect this title to offer anything new or insightful; but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the scholarship and thoughtful prose contained in this book. I was initially a little disappointed browsing through the book as I was hoping for some new graphics; maps and illustrations that I had not seen before; but I suppose that was wishful thinking. Once I sat down and actually started reading the text; I began to enjoy the contents and writing of Sheppard. She has done a great job of assimilating tons of academia about Alexander's amazingly eventful history and condensing it in a way that is easy to absorb and understand.The book provides a very thorough background of Alexander's era - both in Greece/Macedonia as well as Persia and western Asia. An understanding of this historical background goes a long way in understanding why Alexander embarked on his unprecedented campaign to conquer the known world and reach the end of the world in the east. The strength of this book is the wealth of detail divulged by Sheppard while remaining clear and lucid and not getting dragged down by high-browed academia. In short; the book is fun to read and you'll learn a lot at the same time.This book mainly focuses on the military aspects of Alexander's career and that's a good thing: that's what he was best at. He was a good statesman; diplomat; logistician; etc. and he was good and not so good at many other things; but if there is one thing that both pro-Alexander and anti-Alexander schools of thought can agree on; it's his military genius. Alexander's genius is comparable to that of creative and scientific geniuses ranging from Leonardo DaVinci to Isaac Newton and Ludwig van Beethoven to Albert Einstein. Alexander's battles ("masterpieces") are studied in military academies all around the world in the same way Beethoven's symphonies are studied in music conservatories. It's this aspect of Alexander that the book explores and it delivers.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Saul Morfagood book0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. He enjoyed it very much (and he's hard to please)By CustomerThis was a gift for a history/military buff. He enjoyed it very much (and he's hard to please)!
