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.

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.

A good, quick read.

Wow. .

Very interesting book. Exceptional story.

Incredibly heart breaking