In this riveting book; Jack Sacco tells the realistic; harrowing; at times horrifying; and ultimately triumphant tale of an American GI in World War II as seen through the eyes of his father; Joe Sacco -- a farm boy from Alabama who was flung into the chaos of Normandy and survived the terrors of the Bulge.As part of the 92nd Signal Battalion and Patton's famed Third Army; Joe and his buddies found themselves at the forefront of the Allied push through France and Germany. After more than a year of fighting; but still only twenty years old; Joe had become a hardened veteran. Yet nothing could have prepared him and his unit for the horrors behind the walls of Germany's infamous Dachau concentration camp. They were among the first 250 American troops into the camp; and it was there that they finally grasped the significance of the Allied mission. Surrounded by death and destruction; the men not only found the courage and will to fight; but they also discovered the meaning of friendship and came to understand the value and fragility of life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful!By Sondra MacdonaldThese two volumes are beautifully written and are accompanied with photographs that tell a story in themselves although there are explanations for each of them. I highly recommend this set.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Sam LitvinAmazing photography of the people who are widely known but mostly misunderstood.24 of 26 people found the following review helpful. Magnificent Photographs Of A People United In ExileBy Jana L.PerskieFrench photographer Frederic Brenner has brilliantly documented Jewish life in the Diaspora with his magnificent photographs. He has spent the last twenty-five years traveling through over forty countries; on five continents; creating and compiling this collection of images of Jewish communities; faces and culture. Brenner has woven a thread; through the visual image; that shows a people united in their heritage.This beautiful two volume set is presented in a heavy laminated slipcase. Volume I; PHOTOGRAPHS; contains 262 of Brenner's black and white photos; 2 two-page color photographs; and one map. There are images of a Jewish Harley-Davidson motorcycle club with members posed in front of a Miami Beach synagogue; Jewish workers and their children from Birobidzhan; the former Soviet Union's Jewish autonomous region; portraits of modern Jewish writers living in Austria and Germany; women who have lost their children to the secret police in Argentina; Marranos in Portugal who continue the tradition of celebrating the Passover secretly; Jewish men selling Christian souvenirs in Rome's St. Peter's Piazza; a spiritual gathering of Navahos and Jews in Arizona; Jewish barbers from Tajikistan and merchants from Calcutta. The only color photographs in the book show a yellow swatch of cloth printed with the Star of David that Jews were forced to wear under the Nazis. There is an entire room covered in the same cloth - a photograph commissioned for the Vienna State Opera that hung there as a stage curtain.Volume II; VOICES; contains writings - essays and commentary from such modern intellectuals and authors as Carlos Fuentes; Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg; Georges Steiner; André Aciman; Jacques Derrida and the voices of the people photographed.Frederic Brenner wrote; "The Jews I have photographed are all contemporary; but together they reflect a full spectrum of space and time . . . Diaspora: An experience of dispossession and discontinuity. . . . The photographs enable us to see and acknowledge the multiple threads from which we are woven; to listen to and acknowledge the multiple voices within us; even when paradoxical and discordant."These massive albums represent a tremendous achievement. Brenner has given a gift to us all. These books deserve a place of honor in the home.JANA
