Prisoner B-3087 (2013 original; edició 2014)

C'est un bon livre sur le passe de l'holocauste. Dans le livre, Yanek Gruener vit en Poland. Il a dans 10 camps différents dans le livre. Ils famille et lui sa sont seperes dans le different camps. Il regarde beacoup de gens mourir.

Ryan K.

This historical fiction is based on the true story of Yanek (Jack) Gruener who, as a Jewish boy living in Poland, was only 10 years old when his nightmare of being forced through 10 different concentration camps began.

Yanek Gruener, Prisoner B-3087, is a fictionalized version of the true story of Jack Gruener. Yanek and his family are Jews living in Krakow, Poland, when it is invaded by the Nazi's. It follows the construction of the ghetto there, the consolidation of the Jews, and then their mass deportations to factories, work or death camps. Eventually, teenage Yanek ends up alone, with sage advice from his uncle to trust and care about no one. During the war, Yanek is transferred to ten different concentration camps, which is incredibly hard to believe because Yanek is so naive, has few survival skills, and was hardly large enough to be a worthy selection for a work crew. At the end of the day. the book felt like a survey course on concentration camps. 2.5 stars. ( )

As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.

He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later.

Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will -- and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside?