First One In, Last One Out: Auschwitz Survivor 31321: A Memoir

First One In, Last One Out: Auschwitz Survivor 31321: A Memoir

Written by:
Marilyn Shimon
Narrated by:
Sarah Borges

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Ratings
Book
46
Narrator
17
Release Date
October 2020
Duration
4 hours 27 minutes
Summary
The horrifying true story of one of the first eight men to enter Auschwitz
Growing up in New York, Marilyn Shimon often visited her uncle in California. She saw his scars, gaped at his 31321 tattoo, and listened to his horrific stories of surviving the Holocaust. However, she could not relate to the suffering he endured or understand the significance of his accounts until now. In this grisly memoir, Marilyn resurrects Murray Scheinberg's stories of six hellish years in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The Polish Jew was one of the first eight men to enter Auschwitz, as a political prisoner in 1940, and one of the last to escape Dachau. Shockingly frank and truly harrowing, this is a gripping first-hand account of the horror and degradation of the camps, from the first day to the very last.
“It is both an uplifting tale and a sorry one about human nature in the face of evil.” - ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN, Anti-Defamation League
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Mendel G.

The rating is largely because Moushe/Mondikh/Murray's story of survival is something that every thinking and feeling person should experience. This and other "first person" accounts of the Holocaust should be read by all who doubt that it happened or deny its horrific nature or the motives behind its perpetrators. The publishing of Scheinberg's diary by the author (M Shimon) is a great service to those of us who are getting our exposure to these survivors by indirect sources ( if at all). I do wonder if the re-writing was done in the most effective and successful way. But I was willing to forego literature for the nearly direct voice of a survivor--a man with an amazing will to survive.

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Jessica B.

This should be a mandatory read in High Schools across not only the U.S.A but internationally... Where kids think antisemitic jokes are fun and comical... I guarantee you if this book was part of our high-school curriculum.. there would be a 99% decrease in derogatory "Jew" jokes.

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Jakery

Wow. .

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Adam H.

Very interesting book. Exceptional story.

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Vicky A.

Incredibly heart breaking

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