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I have just finished reading Chasing Shadows
and I am reminded of the
quiet compassion that went with the name Hugo Gryn.
As a great grand grand
child of East End Jewish stock I have always been fascinated by my Jewish
roots. As a born again Christian I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau and can still
feel the horror of that visit. I wonder that anybody came out sane, yet I
know
many did.
Thank you for helping free the story of Hugo Gryn - it is a
book
that I will long cherish.
From Glynis Bonshor, Lancs
What a wonderful book you and your father co-authored: 'enjoyment'
is
obviously not an emotion that is correct in this context, and I'm afraid
the
phrase 'deeply moved' has lost its sense of power and spiritual fulfillment
that should be implicit in its use. So brevity is probably as effective in
summarising my assessment: this is a great book from a great
man.
What is so remarkable about your father's writings is that they are
given
without any self pity or want of revenge - although from his public
(and I am
sure private) persona of a man imbued with the wisdom of Solomon, this should
have been no surprise. Bravery is also a word that comes to mind - not just
for
surviving the Shoah but for being able to write about it afterwards. I have
two
children, and if I knew that they would hold only a fraction of the pride for
me when I die that you must hold for your father, I would be a very happy man
indeed.
From Dean Overton, Oxon
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