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Fragments : Memories of a Wartime Childhood
Fragments Memories of a Wartime Childhood
Author: Binjamin Wilkomirski, Carol Brown Janeway (Translator)
Memoir of a small boy who was separated from his family at the age of three or four-years-old after his father was killed during a round-up of Jews in Latvia, and was sent to the Majdanek death camp where he was discovered by Allied soliders in 1945.
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ISBN-13: 9780805210897
ISBN-10: 080521089X
Publication Date: 9/23/1997
Pages: 160
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Schocken
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Fragments : Memories of a Wartime Childhood on + 87 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I really liked this book although it was difficult to read in parts. Fragments is an excellent title because the author is writing it from the view point of a young child and is remembering as best he can his experiences at the concentration camp where he lived and he tells how this affected his perspective on things afterwards. I have read several books written by Holocaust survivors and this one especially stood out to me.

I realize that has been some controversary as to whether this story is true or not either way it is a very interesting read and taking into consideration all the other books that have been written by survivors of events that DID take place this story is highly believable and interesting.
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an extrodinary memoir of a young child who spent his childhood in the
nazi death camps.
neverender avatar reviewed Fragments : Memories of a Wartime Childhood on + 8 more book reviews
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A very fascinating story. This book was proclaimed false after an investigation but after reading several articles and interviews with the author, it is apparent that regardless if he physically experienced these memories ( the consensus is that he did not) they are true and tormenting to him. From a psychological point of view, the power of the false memories is mind blowing.
Does this falsity subtract from the book? Should the awards be rescinded? Does it's existence as fiction claiming truth take away from the stories of true survivors? These are unanswerable questions whose answers can only be considered opinions.
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Dramatic book. It will really open your eyes like no other book can. The things these children went through will break your heart. Anyone interested in Nazi Camps must read this.


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