Chosen by William Safire in the New York Times to be the publishing sleeper-seller of the year for 2007.
#1870065 in Books 2006-10-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x .87 x 6.12l; 1.22 #File Name: 0300112521288 pages
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A Must ReadBy Henry GreenspanAlexandra Garbarini's _Numbered Days_ is one of the most important books published on the Holocaust during the past several years. Based on long and painstaking work; she guides us through a wide range of diaries kept during the Holocaust; almost all previously untranslated and unknown. Her interpretations; deeply informed by her knowledge of the relevant history; bring to life what it meant to be a "victim of the Holocaust" during several phases and loci of the destruction. She takes us far beyond iconic images and assumptions and opens us to worlds - versions of our own world at its most horrific - that we have not visited before. It is no accident that Saul Friedlander's monumental history of the Holocaust ends with references from Garbarini. There are very few new books about the Holocaust that one can describe as genuinely path-breaking. This is one of those few.2 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Well worth readingBy James ComfortThis book is one that provides an entirely new look at the Holocaust. As the title suggests; what the author has done is to look at the diaries that were written during the Holocaust. This means both published and non published diaries. This provides an insight into what those who were there were thinking. Well worth reading.
