Movie Review: Life is Beautiful

A charming, fast-talking Italian man tries to win the heart of his “principessa.” A few years later, he uses his boundless imagination to protect his young son from the realities of life in a concentration camp. I absolutely loved this movie. I’m not a huge movie buff, tending to fall asleep about halfway through almost […]

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Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi: Book Review

Primo Levi was a young Jewish man living in Turin, Italy when he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz. Due to a combination of luck and calculation, he survived. I truly, truly hate to give any Holocaust memoir less than five stars. They are all important and they should all be read. That said. Somehow […]

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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry: Book Review

Annemarie Johansen is a 10-year-old girl growing up in Denmark during WWII. Soldiers occupy every street corner and everyone does his or her best not to draw attention to themselves. Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen, is a Jew. One night, Annemarie’s family hides Ellen from soldiers who are looking for Jews. How far is the family […]

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The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman: Book Review

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman Book Cover

Jan and Antonina Żabiński were the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo when Germany invaded Poland. Between the bombing, Nazi cruelty, and the Nazi desire to keep all of the rare animals for themselves, there quickly wasn’t much of a zoo to keep. But Jan was an ingenious thinker and he came up with various ideas […]

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Welcome to Holocaust Remembrance Week

<a href=”https://www.introvertedreader.com/2011/05/welcome-to-holocaust-remembrance-week.html”><img border=”0″ src=”https://www.introvertedreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HolocaustRemembrance3-6.jpg” width=”200″></a> I am not Jewish. I’m not saying that’s good or bad. That’s just how it is. The Holocaust will never be as personal for me as it is for others whose families suffered and survived. Yet here I am, hosting Holocaust Remembrance Week on my blog, because I feel that […]

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Instructions by Neil Gaiman: Book Review

This is Neil Gaiman’s poem, “Instructions” bound as a picture book and illustrated by Charles Vess. I love this. I have to admit that when I first came across Gaiman’s poem in Fragile Things, I read it, thought it was pretty cool, and moved on, both in the book and in my head. It wasn’t […]

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Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones: Book Review

“In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Everyone knows you are the one who will fail first, and worst, if the three of you set out to seek your fortunes.” So begins Howl’s […]

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