Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar

Auschwitz Lullaby: A Novel by Mario Escobar

This book is heartbreaking and enlightening all at the same time. It is not a feel good fiction book. It is packed full of the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp and although it is fiction, it is based on the true story of Helene Hannemann and her stay in Auschwitz II-Birkenau in the Gypsy section.

I don't want to this review to be a spoiler, but the book is just heart rending, both in the way the prisoners were treated and also Dr. Mengele's supposed research, which was just a sophisticated name for torture. Equally heartrending and courageous was Helene, who was a full-blooded German, but who ultimately gave her life so that she could be with her children and protect them as much as she was able. The courage she exhibited is amazing and should serve as an inspiration to all who read this book. Not only courage for the sake of her own children, but also courage to stand up and defend other children as well.

The book was well written. Interestingly, it was written in Spanish and then translated into English by Gretchen Abernathy.  I didn't realize that until I read the back of the book, so the translation job was excellent. I just highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for more than fluff in fiction, to anyone who wants to read more about the concentration camps, or for anyone who wants to be encouraged by a mother's love and the depth to which it goes.

I received this book from Book Look Bloggers and was not required to write a positive review.

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