Encouraging, heart-warming, exciting . . . determination
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I'm only half way through this book and can't really put words properly as to how I feel... I have had so many emotions while reading it. I'm warmed by Simone's love and the love of her family and friends. I have hatred for her persecutors which seems to be cooled by the peaceable spirit of the book. I have so much admiration for the faith and determination of this little girl. It is so typical for those in power to treat the peaceable so fierce because at such a time as the Nazi war, the peaceable were their main threat. This little girl was hated and persecuted not because of her race or background but because she refused to be a racist. This book has so far confirmed to me that nationalism and patriotism are both next to racism, no matter how hard we try it breeds like poison.
Totally recommend for all ages. Read it to your children, it will make them stronger to stand up to peer pressure in whatever their belief.
I will try to leave an ending review when I am finished.
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Fantastic Read!
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Gripping from start to finish. A little girl who loved her creator and read his word, the bible. This gave her courage and a hope so bright that she was able to survive the Nazi rule, not just physically but emotionally to.
It was great to see how her parents taught her from an early age to reason matters through herself. This enabled her to stand up to the Gestapo, her Peers and Nazi 'Educators'.
Simone tells her story in a way that is positive and with hope.
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Facing the Lion
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what an incredible read.
what made this little girl so strong in the face of her persecutors?
what helped her and her family remain united and courageous despite the nazi oppresion of the time.
Could we even hope to stand up for our beliefs under such cruel and despicable treatment.
--read the book and see how she did!
5*****
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Facing the Lion
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An frightening account of how a child resisted the nightmare social vision created by the Third Reich. A real warning from history.
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Important first-hand record.
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Elapsing time makes it increasingly important for survivors of the Nazi era to commit their first-hand experiences to record.
The more this happens, the better bulwark there will be against the claims of 'revisionist historians'
Simone Arnold Liebster's first-hand account is an important contribution. It seems particularly useful as a record of how attitudes came to develop and change. Of great interest, for example, is the facsimile of her official school geography book, which referes to the 'different species' of humanity.
As a first-person account, this work necessarily dwells on the Author's own family situation, but it's little the worse for that, though perhaps the pace is sometimes a little drawn-out in the earlier part.
This is a valuable addition to holocaust literature.
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