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A review by goyvonreads
The Fighter of Auschwitz by Erik Brouwer
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
The Fighter of Auschwitz is about the boxer Leen Sanders who risked his own life during the war by providing other Dutch people with food, clothing, better work, and other necessary items.
Although I have read quite a few books about the Second World War, I had never heard of the Rotterdam Leen Sanders, so that made The Fighter of Auschwitz a different kind of book for me. A new kind of book.
Books about the war often score well with me, they intrigue me. This was no different with The Fighter of Auschwitz. The events, how Leen does his best to survive by boxing and thus helps his fellow countrymen. The only thing I didn't like is that the part about Leen's life before the war was quite long; almost 40% of the entire book. That part felt long.
Nevertheless it was an impressive story about an awful time in history.
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Although I have read quite a few books about the Second World War, I had never heard of the Rotterdam Leen Sanders, so that made The Fighter of Auschwitz a different kind of book for me. A new kind of book.
Books about the war often score well with me, they intrigue me. This was no different with The Fighter of Auschwitz. The events, how Leen does his best to survive by boxing and thus helps his fellow countrymen. The only thing I didn't like is that the part about Leen's life before the war was quite long; almost 40% of the entire book. That part felt long.
Nevertheless it was an impressive story about an awful time in history.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️