BOY 30529 A MEMOIR

Boy 30529 A Memoir by Felix Weinberg - This is the true account of a Czech survivor of the Nazi Concentration Camps.  Felix's wrote his story 60 years after the fact, and his recollections are amazing.  He covers not only his experience, but he also philosophizes in a simple way about what happened.  There was a small discussion about fictionalized accounts versus true life stories, and on that he and I agree.  Fictionalized accounts can be very uncomfortable.  I'm still upset about "Sandcastle Girls", especially the casual title given to a book set against the background of very real and tragic history.  That said, it's a free country, and writers are free to write whatever they want.  I recommend Felix Weinberg's experiences as good reading and good history and wish it could be a book that Peter's class would study in high school english or history.  Nothing can replace the truth of eye witness survivors to history.  Notwithstanding the fact that it's difficult material, it is warmly, wonderfully and thoughtfully written.