The Secret Holocaust Diaries
The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
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4.3 • 201 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she had kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust. This book reveals that story. Nonna’s childhood writings, revisited in her late adulthood, tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl from a family that had known wealth and privilege, then exposed to German labor camps, learned the value of human life and the importance of forgiveness. This story of loss, of love, and of forgiveness is one you will not forget.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Russian refugee Bannister (1927 2004) rarely spoke about her brutal experiences under the regimes of Stalin and Hitler, not even to the American she married after the war. In this memoir, she reveals how a privileged childhood in the 1920s and '30s gave way to horror and loss in the 1940s. Although the sound quality of this production is poor (lots of rustling papers), Rebecca Gallagher does reasonably well with the multiple languages and wisely avoids attempting to replicate European accents. What is irritating, however, is the constant interruption in the form of unnecessary editor's notes, which make the narrative choppy and disjointed. More helpful is the seventh disc, which contains an interview with Bannister's husband and son, a precious audio reminiscence from Nonna herself, recorded in 1993, and abundant PDF materials, including maps, photographs and genealogical data. A Tyndale hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Engaging and insightful
I was on the edge of my seat reading this book. So realistically written that I could almost feel the pain, horror, and love that the author describes. Great book!
Holocaust diaries
Great book I lived through the war and pray we never see this again but this world today and its leaders scare me for the future
The secret Holocaust diaries
Wonderful story, though very sad at times. A story that should be read by all who want peace and understanding to prevail, and those who still question the truth of the Holocaust.