Anklage gegen den Wahnsinn des Antisemitismus
Joseph Schupack beschreibt den eigenen Leidensweg und den verzweifelten Kampf ums Überleben, seine Erlebnisse in Majdanek, Auschwitz und anderen Konzentrationslagern wie Dora-Nordhausen und Bergen-Belsen.
A stirring hymn to humanity that will move and challenge all who read it
In The Dead Years Holocaust Memoirs, Joseph Schupack (1922- 1989) describes his life in Radzyn-Podlaski, a typical Polish shtetl from where he was transported to the concentration camps of Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Dora / Nordhausen and Bergen-Belsen during the Second World War. We witness how he struggled to remain true to his own standards of decency and being human. Considering the premeditated and systematic humiliation and brutality, it is a miracle that he survived and came to terms with his memories.
The Dead Years by Joseph Schupack is different from most Holocaust survivor stories
Not only is it a testimony of the 1930s in Poland and life in the Nazi concentration camps – it also serves as a witness statement.… Read the rest
