The Holocaust Odyssey of Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando (Judaic Studies Series)

ISBN: 0817350411

Author: Fromer, Rebecca

Condition: New

A poignant reminder of the ways enslaved Jews and others were forced to destroy their families and fellow prisonersIn The Holocaust Odyssey, Rebecca Fromer leads us through the experiences of Danny Bennahmias, a Greek Jew of Italian citizenship whose forced labor as a Sonderkommando at Auschwitz included the disentangling of hundreds of thousands of gassed men, women, and children. The book is the result of a diligent collaboration. As it unfolds, it becomes a poignant reminder of the manner in which enslaved Jews and others were forced to destroy their families and fellow prisoners. It is a story of human decency, the spark of which remains against all odds.