Il bambino del Blocco 66 (Italian Edition) by Limor Regev

Il bambino del Blocco 66 (Italian Edition) Reviews

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  Carolyn Scarcella

  This book I’ve been reading today is called “The Boy From Block 66” written by Limor Regev. Astonishingly, this book will stay with me for a long time. This author is a dedicated friend to Moshe and his family. This book and the movie are based on the first-hand accounts of the Holocaust. Moshe and his cousin Shani have survived three concentration camps by their wit and will and sometimes incredible good fortune. Antonin Kalina, he was a Czech Jew, he was a prisoner was involved with the underground movement, who they nicknamed him “Czech Schindlers” and Kalina manages to save 903 children from the block 66 from death marches. He was recognised name for Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. He died from cancer in 1990 at the age of 88. It was very emotional reading through the pain of Moshe, and other victims of other children, who lost childhood, loss of faith, & the countless losses too numerous to detail. I believe young, teens and adults should be required to read this in schools. Today, in our societies and communities, a lot of youth are so pampered and spoiled and it would be good for them to see how bad things can be and how good they have it. It shows what a human can endure and get through and still come out able to have a good life. As a result, what happened to him, Shani, and their families survived? You can decide
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  Connie

  A very moving and heartbreaking story of a boy growing up and the war’s effect on him both on the outside and inside of a concentration camp. I’ve read a lot of WWII books and always learn more with each one. We all need to understand our history and not try to erase it, but learn from it, for f we don’t it will repeat itself, as you can see with the Ukrainian/Russian atrocities going on now.
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  Stephanie

  Understanding how the war impacted before and during the concentration camp for this young boy. “We were free but captive to the terrible sights we witnessed” I had never heard of this story until it popped up in my KU, it will stay with me a long time.
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  Grace

  This is a gripping story about how even in the presence of much evil, good shows up in unexpected places. I had never heard of Block 66, the place where 900 Jewish boys were saved from certain death during World War II in Buchenwald concentration camp. A Czech prisoner of war, Antonin Kalina, took a great risk in protecting these young Jews by forming this special block. A powerful quote near the end of the book throws light on this, "It was there I saw how the good in man defeats the evil, and how one person’s courage can affect the fate of hundreds of children."
  
  Moshe Kessler, one of the young rescued boys, shares his story and the horrors that he saw. He reflects after his release, "We were free but captive to the terrible sights we had witnessed, which would accompany us all our lives." But in amazing ways these boys, girls, men and women rebuilt their lives.
  
  At times Kessler opens up about the doubts that arise in his heart about his faith. How God could allow these atrocities to happen? When Kessler grew up de didn't quite abandon his faith but he also didn't embrace it either, until years later when his mother passed away. He writes, "I realized that the only way I could preserve the memory of my childhood home - my father and brother, and now my mother as well - was to keep alive the embers in whose light I had initially grown up. I went back to praying in the mornings, going to synagogue on Saturdays and holidays, and believing in the importance of keeping the commandments. I felt I was coming home."
  
  While I was reading this book I was also reading, The Handbook on the Pentateuch, by Victor Hamilton. In his insightful book he reflects on the unusual structure of the book of Numbers. One can't help but notice that inserted in the middle of the narrative in Numbers are the laws about the daily sacrifices, weekly sabbaths, monthly special days and yearly festivals. Then the narrative continues after this break. What is going on? Hamilton explains that this arrangement offers a powerful message. In the middle of the narrative of our lives is an anchor for us. As we encounter God in the daily, weekly, and monthly holy days we find where we belong. Kessler called it "coming home."
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  Marianne Reese

  Another tragic story of a holocaust survivor who somehow managed to move forward with his life and prosper. Although the story is sad and touching, it’s not well written in that there are many times where things are repeated, and the story doesn’t seem to flow real well.
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  Jill Jacques

  This book had me glued to the pages to find out what he went through. The beginning of the book talks a lot about his life and family, which is important for the background of his story. I have never read a book that had so much detail about this boy's harrowing experiences in different parts of the camp. The detail of his accounts had me turning page after page and imagining what his horrible experience was like. He is lucky to be alive....
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  Kristen Dale

  This should be required reading for every high schooler. Limor and Moshe took me on a journey full of emotions. While this is an incredibly heavy subject, it is a beautifully written true story of survival and overcoming real oppression. Moshe is an inspiration, and his story will live on as long as we continue to share it with our younger generations.
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  Carlee Byrd-Irwin

  3.5
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  Julia Bell

  This is a harrowing story of a thirteen-year-old boy's experience of the Holocaust. Moshe's survival in Auschwitz and Buchenwald tears at the heart, especially as he's separated from his mother and younger brother. This story is not as graphic as some I've read and I think Moshe did this on purpose. I believe his aim was to tell the human side of the Holocaust; of loss and grief and how a person can never really recover from such trauma. Since I have a grandson of Moshe's age when he entered Auschwitz, it did make me catch my breath. He describes the courage of those in the camp who risked their own lives to save others and he also describes the disdain and cruelty of lifelong neighbours who turned on his family.
  A well deserved five stars.
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  Casey Rioux

  4.2
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  Mermaidka

  Kniha vypráví (spíše) dukumentární formou cestu Mošeho během 2. SV a holocaustu. Zvěrstva nacistů z pohledu třináctiletého chlapce, kterého při první selekci na rampě v Birkenau zachránila lež o jeho skutečném věku. Nečetlo se mi to dobře, a tentokrát to nebylo jen díky tématu, ale také z toho důvodu, že mi kniha a její písemná forma nesedly, ale cítila jsem, že je potřeba se tímto "svědectvím" prokousat. Jelikož tyhle silné a hrůzné příběhy by se měly číst a jejich "odkaz by se měl předávat dál.
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  Sadie

  The first 70 or so pages was full of historical content and it also explained Moshe's memories and traditions as a young boy. But when I got to the part when he was deported to a concentration camp, it got so much better! The best part of the book was when Moshe and his friend Shani hid under the floorboards of Buchenwald, and hid there for days until it was liberated. I think this is a helpful book for people who want to understand World War 2 more - like me!😂😀
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  Lingling Jacobson

  I always feel a little off rating first hand account Holocaust stories but I just wanted to say this was a really powerful one.
  
  It showed hope, courage, faith, and kindness while also describing the great and vast horrors of the Holocaust and camps. It also expressed the importance of the state of Israel after.
  
  This was my first time hearing of Kalina’s children and I loved his impact. It was also a tear jerking surprise to hear that Moshe prayed on Passover because of a prayer book smuggled into the camp by Eli Weisel…Kalina was responsible for the survival of now two of my favorite Holocaust survivor stories. I recommend this to everyone
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  Andrea Volinski

  Brilliant
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  Ellen bransford

  one man’s story
  
  This was a quick and informative read of the life of Moshe Kessler before, during, and after the Holocaust. He is a strong and brave man and I am glad to have met him through his inspiring story.
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  Emily Roach

  Such a good book. No words.
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  Sharon Huether

  Moshe was a young boy. At the age of 13 he and his father were sent to Auschwitz on a train.
  His mother and sisters were separated from him. He had to work very hard and fed very little.
  " As long as you were useful, you were kept alive".
  Moshe wanted to survive. He lived in the present, not the past. He along with other children worked in a vegetable garden, but were forbidden to eat any of it.
  Moshe's life was saved when he moved to another camp.
  when the war was almost over, Moshe and a few other ran into the fields and laid down. His life was spared there too.
  Another life saving experience was when the boys were told to take off the yellow star and put on
  shirts with red stars( Polish).
  When he was liberated, his mother and two of his Aunts were the only family members that survived..
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  Jen Stowe

  I listened to this book rather than read it. I'm so glad that I was able to hear Moshe's tale. I appreciated hearing about life before the war as it really brings to light how everything was turned on it's head. I thought the story was good but had several repetitive parts.
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  Georgina

  educational, especially about hungary during ww2 and the zionism movement
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  Knihomolský deník

  Velice zajímavý a smutný příběh. Co bych ale vytkla byl způsob psaní knihy, který byl chvílemi lehce kostrbatý. Jinak příběh silný a dojemný.
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  Christine Cazeneuve

  Moving
  
  Told with a rawness that it's hard to put into words, but I haven't read an account of the holocaust quite like this. Includes many pictures of his family and a story you will find hard to forget.
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  Mark

  Obviously five stars for this amazing book!
  
  I realised at the end that it was translated into English which might explain some odd word usage.