
Country of Ash
A Jewish Doctor in Poland, 1939-1945
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Narrated by:
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Suzanne Toren
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Robert Blumenfeld
Country of Ash is the starkly compelling, original chronicle of a Jewish doctor who miraculously survived near-certain death, first inside the Lodz and Warsaw ghettoes, where he was forced to treat the Gestapo, then on the Aryan side of Warsaw, where he hid under numerous disguises. He clandestinely recorded the terrible events he witnessed, but his manuscript disappeared during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. After the war, reunited with his wife and young daughter, he rewrote his story. Peopled with historical figures like the controversial Chaim Rumkowski, who fancied himself a king of the Jews, to infamous Nazi commanders and dozens of Jews and non-Jews who played cat and mouse with death throughout the war, Reicher’s memoir is about a community faced with extinction and the chance decisions and strokes of luck that kept a few stunned souls alive.
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Critic reviews
Narrator was dull and monotone
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Please read it twice as I did.
Excellent
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Couldn't stop listening
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If you could sum up Country of Ash in three words, what would they be?
Almost unbelievable!What did you like best about this story?
Incredible how many times this doctor dodges death. One of the best stories of that horrible time.What about Suzanne Toren and Robert Blumenfeld ’s performance did you like?
Don't be fooled Suzanne Toren does not narrate this book just the intro. Blumenfelds performance is one of the oddest sometimes funny narrators I've listened to. I almost didn't continue because of it but so glad I did.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Yes! I kept thinking he'll never escape this one and was awed when he did.Any additional comments?
Once you get used to narration anyone should love this book. I've listened to many great books about the Holocaust, but this is very different. Totally enjoyable listen, albeit sad as they all are.Truly amazing story!
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This is a very accurate account of the ghetto
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Story of hard times told in a manner which leaves you with hope in the end.
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Riveting if true
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World War II from the Polish side, from the Jewish Polish side.
Important information for the younger generation to hear.
Amazing! Heartbreaking...History
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I did enjoy this book. The doctor's perspective is unique, full of pertinent information about the goings-on of the leaders in the Lodz ghetto.
Was the narrator in a speed contest?
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