Review: A heart breaking story of German atrocities
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
The true stories told in this translated book are very, very, memorable. As the title says, it is a riddle how such atrocities could take place in such a beautiful place on this planet. The writing is a translation, so there are small awkward phrasings here and there, but nothing of consequence. The writing is an easy read, although the content is shocking. How could humans (German sadists, mostly) do this to each other?I think this is one of the best Holocaust memory books that I have read, because it does such a complete job of describing the story of one horrific location during the war. As a young man, the author grew up in an apartment within sight of Babi Yar (he could see the bodies of the first murders in 1941), and then was on the exhumation team in 1943. I will remember this book for the rest of my life, I think, especially on Sep 29/30 of each year.I would recommend this to anyone who is interested this topic, or to anyone who wants to get a point of perspective on what humans are capable of doing to each other.