The Long Night: A True Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781592644407)

The Night lasted five years and eight days. Before the Night began, Ernst Bornstein was a precocious eighteen-year-oldｬ who had an ordinary family with three siblings, two parents, and a large circle of friends and relatives. But in the autumn of 1939, decades of anti-Semitic propaganda turned into full-fledged violence. Bornstein's family was subsequently sent to Auschwitz where his parents and siblings were gassed to death. The Long Night is Bornstein's firsthand account of what he witnessed in seven concentration camps. Written with remarkable insight and raw emotion, The Long Night paints a portrait of human psychology in the darkest of times. Bornstein tells the stories of those who did all they could do to withstand physical and psychological torture, starvation, and sickness, and openly describes those who were forced to inflict suffering on others. The narrative is simple, yet profound; unbridled, honest, and dignified.

Author: Ernst Israel Bornstein
ISBN-10: 1592644406
ISBN-13: 9781592644407
Publisher: Toby Press
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2016
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/14/2016