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The Sisters of Auschwitz

The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

by Roxane van Iperen

Published 2021320 pagesISBN 978-0-0630-9762-9

"Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog bestieren twee joodse zussen -- Janny en Lien Brilleslijper -- een van de grootste onderduikadressen in Nederland: 't Hooge Nest, een villa in 't Gooi. Terwijl de laatste Joden in Nederland worden opgejaagd gaat het leven van enkele tientallen onderduikers zo goed en kwaad als het ging door, pal onder de neus van NSB-buren en nazikopstukken. Toch wordt het Nest verraden en de familie Brilleslijper belandt met het laatste transport in Auschwitz, samen met de familie Frank."--Page [4] of cover

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Nonfiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Nonfiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

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The Sisters of AuschwitzRoxane van Iperen
Powerful4.5/5

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Reading lengthA standard-length read320 pages in this edition
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2021
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Nonfiction
ISBN-13
978-0-0630-9762-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL32709219M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

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