It's hard to put into words the surreal feeling that washes over me listening to this. Me, a Jewish person, sitting in my car on the way to and from work. Hearing the attrocities that my own family was afflicted, 2 generations ago. Thinking about the fact that I'm even here, right now, with bluetooth and a comfortable chair, and living in a place where I am free and accepted. We take it for granted every single day.
It's comments like these that remind me why I wanted to make this audiobook to begin with. This is a story that needs to be heard by all. The horrors committed upon your people and those in your family NEED to be known. Thank you for the reminder. Anti-Semitism is unfortunately still a battle that we continue to fight. And it's books like these that continue to educate, inform, and help end such pointless and hurtful views.
My parents took me to hear Elie Wiesel speak when I was a young, ignorant teenager. I remember thinking how much I wanted to be out riding my bike with my friends. I can see my scornful, petulant attitude written on my face to this very day. What a fool I was. Today, I find myself soaking up all I can manage regarding history. More specifically, the Holocaust, and Pol Pot, and the Khmer Rouge, and tragically, many more such as the Soviet Union, and by extension, Communism as a whole. I've come to fear my own govt and see the sinister parallels in many different aspects of an encroaching police state. A leviathan, insatiable in its quest for power, and control. May God help us all.
Yes, the Republican Party with billionaires & corporations & conservatives are fascists now… all good people must all form groups to counter lies & fascism near us according to ideas I read today.
I had to read this in school like 15 years ago, I never forgot it, and always wanted to read it again. Somehow it's even more heartbreaking than I remember. It's the most tragic piece of media I've ever consumed. It's insane how Wiesel managed to stay with his father for so long despite the odds, and so unbelievably heart wrenching how it turned out. I cannot fathom the mind of a person who has been through something like what he experienced.
I read this book in English class in the 6th grade. I've never seen the class so quiet and solemn. Later that year we went to a Holocaust museum and it was utterly profound. Thank you for your work Elie Wiesel!
Absolutely beautiful narration. Well told. I've listened to this audio over n over. God bless the last survivours ,and all the beautiful souls who lost their lives , in this terrible atrocity. X
I've read this book maybe three times now, starting with high school. This audiobook version was absolutely beautifully done! It really brought the story to life for me. Had me in tears a few times. Thank you so much for sharing this on RU-vid. I've recommended it to a few friends.
What a great writer .. everything about this book is perfection, I’m black Jamaican .. but my interest in the holocaust I can never shake .. it’s always a interest .. always sit in awe the evil of humans.. I try to understand Hitler but can’t comprehend that level of hate ,evil and death of the soul . For you to see another human as if they are not human is unfathomable.. to hate someone is to hate yourself.
You have the most magnificent and consistent voice from all the audiobooks I've listened to. Not only are you the reason I can focus on my school's reading, but I can also be invested in the story. I'm feeling more moved than ever from a story like this. Keep making this, man; you are truly amazing; thank you.
And still people hope against hope when the world is hell bent on crushing them. Sometimes it's best to be afraid than to look for help that doesn't ever come. What horrors powerful people accomplish against the unwitting. I can smell it coming and yet we still don't know to be afraid. We barrel toward the abyss seeking a leader. I have cried until I have no tears. We are not truly wise until we learn what our ancestors had to teach us. Mostly we forget that we are none so different.
I've read this book yearly since 2000-2001. We had to read it in high school. I've bought it several times and I'm ecstatic that it is available in audiobook form! It's nice to hear the right pronunciation for names, etc.
This was the greatest book to me so much i ended up taking it from school. Sorry god. This book is so important. I was raised catholic and there's still some things that are not right. The catholic church has apologized for its involvement. The trauma still lingers. I'm part Ashkenazi Jewish. I love that part of myself. I'm also part german and that part is harder but the rhineland is there and from where catherine the great was from wasn't antisemitic. It was so widespread in europe for so long. It's diabolical that there's places in the world that think the holocaust wasnt that bad. It's diabolical that theres neonazis right by aushwitz currently. To the new generation, please love learning history. We don't need another holocaust.
I remember this book from high school and it is the only book I have ever read outside of class parts of his writing will stay with me forever I called my ex-girlfriend who has now passed sad-eyed angel that I got from this book the fact that more people do not know about this heartbreaking first-hand experience written in Book form is insane to me
I had to read this book for my English 10 class and we finished it like 2 days ago and now we have to write a 5 paragraph essay outline on it… I wasn’t paying attention when we were reading so now I’m watching the Audio for it.. can someone help me with my 5 paragraph essay outline over this book please… 😂😂😂
@STTJordanWalker I have listened to half of the audiobook. When I saw this post it made me so sad and frankly angry. Your tears of laughter just broke my heart in 2 pieces. I understand you are a teenager who can’t really understand completely the nightmare these people endured. I had one living cousin who survived the Holocaust. I just pictured his deformed hand from his beatings while as a young man being sexually assaulted by the Nazis. The number branded in his arm as he was not considered to be a human being. His dad was a victim of the Holocaust but miraculously he and his mother survived Auschwitz and Matthausen. He came to New York City at the end of World War II. Here in America he married, had children, grandchildren. He remained a dear, sweet, tender, gentle, and kind soul even though his early life was filled with unimaginable hardships. Never forget.
@@mom67lovesufinally I founded one who read this book in the aspect of a survivor but these school teenagers can't understand it leave it.but Im glad to found you.
I read this book in my English class in my senior year in high school. It was almost like the story of Anne Frank. Only Elie Weisel survived, unlike Anne. Also, that had to be a rough journey to the camps inside a boxcar, I almost found it similar to Von Ryan's Express starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard
