Ellie Midwood's Reviews > Born Survivors

“Born Survivors” is a must-read for everyone who is interested in the history of the Holocaust. But what sets it apart from many other books already written about it is the fact that the narration centers around three unrelated women who end up pregnant in the most unsuitable place on earth for an expecting mother - Auschwitz. What follows is the incredible story of resilience that will truly shake you to the core and make you ask, how something of this sort could happen? How did we, the supposedly civilized humans, ended up treating our fellow men worse than cattle for slaughter?

“Born Survivors” is a very detailed and meticulously researched account that provides historical insights into the events leading up to what eventually turned into a Holocaust, provides eyewitness accounts wherever possible, and relies heavily on the stories either told by survivors themselves or their children, who were lucky to survive what few adults did. What I really appreciated was the fact that the author never glossed over any gory details and showed everything exactly how the survivors themselves must have seen it - that’s the way the Holocaust literature should be written to truly demonstrate the horror of it all in order for the same horror to never happen again.

A must-read for everyone.