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June3,2016
BookSummary4:WeAreWitnesses
FormyquarterfourbookIreadthebook
WeAreWitnesses
byJacobBoas.Thisbookis
adiaryoffiveteenagerswhounfortunatelydidntsurvivetheHolocaustbuttheirdiarysdid.
ThebookconsistofthecharactersAnneFrank,DavidRubinowicz,YitzhakRudashevski,Moshe
Ze'evFlinke,andEvaHeyman.Inthisbooktheyallsharetheirownsideofthestoryandtheir
standduringtheHolocaust.
WhileIreadthisbookInoticedthisbookisalotlikethememoir
Night
byElieWIesel.
TheyreabouttheHolocaustbuttheyhavetwodifferentpointofviews.Inthebook
Night
,Elie
isthemaincharacterthatspenttheHolocaustintheconcentrationcampofAuschwitzwhilethe
charactersinthebook
WeAreWitnesses
thecharactersarelivingtheHolocausthidingfromthe
Germansandlivinginghettos.
TheauthorsfromthefivediaryswrotethisbecausetheHolocaustwasanimportant
eventthatimpactedmanypeoplelikeJews,homosexualsetc.Theyalsowrotebecausethey
wantedustoseewhattheHolocaustwaslikeandwhattheyhadtosurvive.
Thisbookteachesusthattheworldandhumanityiscruel.TheHolocaustisoneofthe
worsteventsapersoncangothrough.ItteachesusthatitscruelbecauseIlearnedthatallJews
andpeoplesthattheNaziswereagaintwerebeatenandmistreated.
ThisisagreatbooktoreadabouttheHolocaust.Eventhoughitsadepressingsituation
thebookringsthereaderinandmakethemwanttoreadmore.