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3.5

Stone does a great job of centering Holocaust victims' voices across all chapters and highlights the truly mind-boggling humanitarian crisis facing the Allied powers post-war. However, I wished there was more concrete explanation of the differences between the Jewish aid agencies and how they worked with/in Allied/UN organizing bodies. There was a notable lack of explanation in earlier chapters to understand how these DPs were constructed/utilized for Cold War aims; this was only really made explicit in Chapter 5. It really would have created a better overall structure if Stone had included this narrative in Chapters 1-3.

madeleinesbookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

fionadavita's review against another edition

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dark informative sad medium-paced

3.25