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When I read, I prefer to read books with a lot of surprising events occurring that will keep me interested. For the most part, this book did. In this book, The Dentist of Auschwitz, a man by the name of Bronek Jakubowicz, who was also the author, tells how he lived through and survived the holocaust. He faces things no human should have to go through. He witnessed only abuse and death for around 5 years. Bronek was a Jew, just like almost everyone else put in camp with him. Bronek was from Poland, just like most of his fellow inmates. But one thing that made him different and was the reason he survived was that he was a dentist. In Jewish concentration camps, many of the people in the camp including the Nazi officers would have problems with …show more content…

Bronek Jakubowicz, now Benjamin Jacobs, told just how bad the Nazi’s treated the Jews. He never hesitated to go into full detail just how sick they were. This book really made me thankful for the freedom, home, and life I have. Even though this whole book was only about how bad Jews were treated, I was still pleased with how it ended. It was a true blessing that he survived those tragic years and was able to tell about it. I was shocked at just the living conditions for the Jews not to mention they were killed for any minor errors. I was also shocked that even one Jew survived through this war. I know for sure I would not have …show more content…

Reason being is because they showed just how bad off the Jews were. The first sentence that I read and thought a lot about was, “Look at you. You look like a Mussulman. You are in no shape to be a dentist.” This quote was one of the most important quotes to me because it meant that Bronek was so skinny and dirty, he looked dead. A mussulman was what they called the prisoners that were about to die and you could tell. Another quote that stuck out to me was, “Although minorities were treated fairly, Jews were made an exception. In the late 1930’s in Poland, those who had previously sat on the fence joined Hitler in the Nazi’s racial policy. Even though we were born there, we were considered foreigners.” This quote may not seem like it means much, but it really did to me. This quote meant a lot to me because even though they had been born and raised in Poland, they were not really accepted and were treated like an unknown race. One more quote that stood out to me was, “I left with a heavy heart full of painful memories. I had revisited a nightmare.” This quote was important to me because it tells how it was still depressing and sad to visit the old site where he had been held prisoner. This shows just how bad they were

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