To Meet in Hell by Bernice Lerner
The story of the British officer who was first to arrive at Bergen-Belsen, and the life of one of the many he saved from near-death.
‘Focusing on the traumatization of the liberator as well as the survivor, Lerner tells two fascinating stories that are original in both form and contentHer writing is clear, straightforward, and compelling. A powerful and engaging book.’ -- Michael A. Grodin, MD, Boston University School of Public Health, coauthor of The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code: Human Rights in Human Experimentation
‘By describing the fate of one Jewish girl destined to die under the most gruesome manner and the horror experienced by a British doctor and officer upon stepping into a Nazi concentration camp, Lerner humanizes an event that is often described only from one perspective: either that of the liberators, for whom the survivors were often dehumanized “living skeletons” because of their deplorable living conditions, or that of the survivors, for whom the liberators were angels of mercy descended from heaven after months and years of utter dehumanization by their tormentors. A valuable and highly readable book.’ -- Omer Bartov, Brown University, author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz
‘A towering achievement, Lerner’s narrative at once brings us into hell along with its central characters and then lifts us out on the strength of their respective forms of courage and generosity. This meticulously researched story is nourishment for the soul.’ -- Robert G. Kegan, Harvard University, author of In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life
‘By describing the fate of one Jewish girl destined to die under the most gruesome manner and the horror experienced by a British doctor and officer upon stepping into a Nazi concentration camp, Lerner humanizes an event that is often described only from one perspective: either that of the liberators, for whom the survivors were often dehumanized “living skeletons” because of their deplorable living conditions, or that of the survivors, for whom the liberators were angels of mercy descended from heaven after months and years of utter dehumanization by their tormentors. A valuable and highly readable book.’ -- Omer Bartov, Brown University, author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz
‘A towering achievement, Lerner’s narrative at once brings us into hell along with its central characters and then lifts us out on the strength of their respective forms of courage and generosity. This meticulously researched story is nourishment for the soul.’ -- Robert G. Kegan, Harvard University, author of In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life
Bernice Lerner is Dean of Adult Learning at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts and a senior scholar at the Center for Character and Social Responsibility at Boston University’s School of Education, where she teaches courses related to the Holocaust, character and ethics education. Lerner is the author of The Triumph of Wounded Souls: Seven Holocaust Survivors’ Lives (endorsed by Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Coles; published by University of Notre Dame Press, 2004, and, in German, by Wochenschau Verlag, 2013). At the time of the 70th anniversary of the liberation she published “Bergen-Belsen through the Eyes of Its Liberator” (National Review Online, 2015) and “The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen” (The Jewish Advocate, 2015) subsequently appearing in media outlets throughout the United States. She has also been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. Lerner holds a doctorate in education from Boston University and a master’s from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is a founding member of the Boston Biographers Group.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781445694047 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445694042 |
| Title | To Meet in Hell |
| Author | Bernice Lerner |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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