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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II

Svetlana Alexievich,

Richard Pevear (Translator)

Start date: May 1, 2024

Finish date: May 31, 2024

Why we're reading this: Our second read from Belarus is Svetlana Alexievich about the oral history of the children of WWII.
[close] Our second read from Belarus is Svetlana Alexievich about the oral history of the children of WWII.

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Jun 10, 2024 Elise rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is was difficult book to get through but an important one. I chose this read as part of my Read the World series for Belarus. Alexievich collects stories from now adults about their memories of WW2 through their perspective as children growing up in the area of now Belarus, Russia, and the Ukraine as the Germans invaded. Each story is only a couple of pages but so heartbreaking I could only read a couple at a time.

The youngest recollection was at 2 years old while many are at age 5, 10, and ...more

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Dec 02, 2019 Danita L marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, history, _-available-at-bpl, wp-100-notable-2019

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