La lógica nazi era tal que llegado un momento consideraban que un bebé rubio era ario aunque fuera hijo de una judía. It sort of felt like a “light” version of history, sort of like I was reading an American Doll book. Living in an old house with a stone fireplace, she often wonders who sat around it before her and is intrigued by how actively the past is woven into the present, something she likes to explore in her novels. Leszczyńska would deliver babies on her own, usually on the chimney canal running through all of the barrack. The Midwife of Auschwitz: Inspired by a heartbreaking true story, an emotional and gripping World War 2 historical novel.

Midwife at Auschwitz Delivered 3,000 Babies in - HISTORY This Midwife at Auschwitz Delivered 3,000 Babies in - HISTORY

Josef Mengele, the camp’s infamous “Angel of Death,” who was known for his brutal experiments on twins and other inmates. Despite knowing that most babies she delivered would be killed within a few hours, she worked to save as many of the mothers’ lives as she could. I do appreciate the opportunity that NetGalley and Bookoture gave me to read this book for my honest review. Anna Stuart, la autora, relata con crudeza y elegancia un triste episodio para la Humanidad, el genocidio judío en Polonia que llevaron a cabo los nazis, y con especial virulencia y sadismo, y el valor y la fuerza de voluntad de quienes lo vivieron y sobrevivieron, en el campo de concentración de Auschwitz-Birkenau. With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.However, their resourcefulness and bravery, come at a huge physical and emotional cost which almost breaks them, especially Ester. She reported that 30 babies survived until the liberation of the death camp on 27 January 1945, although other accounts suggest 60 babies were in the camp at liberation. Both cruelty and kindness are shown on both the side of the aggressors and their fellow detainees, as everyone fights to survive in the best way they can. I think Stuart has empathy for these events, but as someone who didn’t live through it, she was unable to really take me as a reader into the experience. However a raw addictive passion and the determined will to survive, overcomes the odds stacked against them, although not all are destined to be reunited with loved ones.

books and biography | Waterstones Anna Stuart books and biography | Waterstones

In this book Anna discusses/includes violence, persecution of the Jews, murder of children and adults and death.Several hospitals and organizations in Poland are named after Stanisława; the main road at Auschwitz concentration camp museum is named after her; and so is a street in the city of Łódź. Clear your schedules and grab your tissues as you will not be able to put this book down or stop the tears from streaming! The Nazis sent the two boys as slave labour to the stone quarries of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. Por mucho que lea de este tema, siempre aprendo algo nuevo y eso es quizá lo que mas me gusta, porque si, porque esto es real, no es ficción, no es algo que se invente y creo necesario ser consciente de lo que el ser humano puede hacer.

Books by Anna Stuart (Author of The Midwife of Auschwitz) Books by Anna Stuart (Author of The Midwife of Auschwitz)

Stachurska has already written a best-selling book with the help of Leszkowicz entitled ‘The Midwife of Auschwitz’ from which a documentary was also made. It was difficult to read of the conditions babies were born into, that most did not survive and the ones that did were taken from their mothers. Others who survived were hidden, and some were tattooed with their mother’s identification number under their arm, so they’d be found after the war.

Reading these pages there was an emotional shallowness and detachment that was evident in the voice used by the narrator. Stanisława Leszczyńska – "Położna z Auschwitz" "[Stanisława Leszczyńska – The Midwife of Auschwitz]. Despite the sad events, this story is brimming with undying love, indescribable perseverance, soul-stretching courage and unconquerable will. Es en este contexto donde hace aparición la resiliencia de las personas para, con una simple brizna de esperanza, mantener las ganas de luchar para conseguir sus objetivos. The new film’s director, Stachurska, said: “Life is the greatest gift and we should fight for it in any situation.