Amici per sempre. Storie di deportati della Shoah e dei fedeli cani che non hanno smesso di aspettarli

Faithful Friends by Susan Bulanda tells the untold story of people and their pets during the Holocaust. While the German Nazis marched across Europe in their quest to eradicate the Jewish people, it wasn't just humans whose lives were damaged and destroyed. Bulanda tells the story of several people, Leggi tutto

Susan Bulanda explores an aspect of the Holocaust one may never have considered: the lives of the pets people had to leave behind. Their stories reflect the love and pleasures that pets provided to those people who endured great suffering -- many of the pets suffered as well, something many of us pr Leggi tutto

I have read hundreds of books about the Holocaust but this collection of stories from survivors about their pets is one aspect of the experience I had not considered. It's impossible not to be moved by these heartbreaking stories from these survivors (children at the time) who had to leave their bel Leggi tutto

This book was very hard to read. Not because it was poorly written; quite the opposite. It was hard because of the subject matter. I am so glad that Susan Bulanda tackled this subject because these stories deserve to be told.

I loved this book. Faithful Friends was a collection of short stories told by Holocaust survivors of the animals they once knew. I cried. I smiled. This book opened my eyes to a side of the Holocaust I never knew. I loved how the author included history at the beginning of each chapter.

Faithful Friends: Holocaust Survivors’ Stories of the Pets Who Gave Them Comfort, Suffered Alongside Them, and Waited for their Return was compiled by Susan Bulanda. The stories themselves came from Holocaust survivors. While talking with survivors, the author found them very grateful that someone w Leggi tutto