Reviews for Bosnia and Beyond: Recognizing and Halting Genocide

The average rating for Bosnia and Beyond: Recognizing and Halting Genocide based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-21 00:00:00 Amanda Clinton A curious and interesting book. The author grew up in a family in America not knowing much about his parents history in Europe. Unbeknownst to her, her parents re-invented themselves in America in an effort to leave their experiences with the holocaust behind them. She grew up knowing their holes in her parents past they didn't want to let her know about. She came to find out as she grew older about family member's killed and some of her parent's experiences. But, what about people that weren't told anything about their mother or father going thru the holocaust or even of being Jewish? Secrets have power and how we see who we are frames our entire lives. This book is written about people in the US and in Poland who didn't know they were Jewish and how finding out impacted them and to some degree, society in Poland. A great follow on to reading about the holocaust in Poland and how things have changed with the fall of the Iron Curtain. The Jewish population was nearly eradicated in Poland in WWII. The identified Jewish population numbers changed from about 4,000 in the early 90s to over 20,000 in just a couple years as people found out they were Jewish and it became more socially acceptable to own up to being Jewish.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-01 00:00:00 E.cordell Johnson Iv A challenging question making for an interesting read