The Last Jew of Treblinka (Hardcover)

from heatherhoarder

The significance of Rajchman's personal memoir is made clear with the title. Treblinka was a notorious death camp with most Jews facing immediate extermination upon arrival. Rajchman, along with a few others chosen to perform slave labor at the camp, suffer brutality, humiliation, and unbelievabl...

from TheWasp

A very solemn account of the time spent by the author in the Treblinka death camp and his documenting of the processes and atrocities performed there. Not a pleasant read but an important reminder of the unimaginable cruelty perpetrated by the strong against the weak and a tribute to the memory o...

from TimBazzett

A shocking, horrifying portrait of the Treblinka death camp, written in starkly plain language by one of its few survivors. THE LAST JEW OF TREBLINKA was not published until 2011, several years after Rajchman had died, in Uruguay where he had emigrated and become a successful businessman. Rajchma...

from Veeralpadhiar

Treblinka is less infamous compared to Auschwitz. The main difference between the two is that Auschwitz was a work as well as an extermination camp but on the other hand, Treblinka was solely an extermination camp. Nobody that arrived at Treblinka survived more than a few hours, as they were gass...

from SigmundFraud

frightening. How any individual could be so sadistic is beyond my comprehension.