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  • Five Chimneys

  • A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
  • By: Olga Lengyel
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Wydra
  • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (417 ratings)

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Five Chimneys

By: Olga Lengyel
Narrated by: Jennifer Wydra
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Publisher's summary

Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time. This true, documented chronicle is the intimate, day-to-day record of a beautiful woman who survived the nightmare of Auschwitz and Birchenau. This book is a necessary reminder of one of the ugliest chapters in the history of human civilization.

It was a shocking experience. It is a shocking book.

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Very well written, excellent, detailed memory

Excellent author, she succeeded in her quest to commit to memory so many details of her excruciating time under the Nazis in the prison camps. Interesting details about the different SS around her, things I had not read before. Such a horrible event, she does justice to sharing it to the world

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Insightful

Very descriptive and informative details of a horrific time Very insightful and interesting at times hard to comprehend the pain and sadness that the Jews and others had to endure

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Heart wrenching real life account of a brave woman

I loved this book and it brought tears to my eyes. Very Powerful! The narrator was excellent and I would recommend this to anyone.

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compelling story

well written account of a horrible atrocity in world history. Narration could have been better.

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She lived to bear witness

Olga Lengyel asserts at the beginning of this book that the murder of her son's and her parents are her fault. Not true. Not even remotely close to the truth. I wish I could absolve this remarkable woman of whatever guilt she felt. Her family was murdered in Birkenau, in the gas chambers established by the Germans. She was a very beautiful woman, a fact that she could have used to help herself in the camp but she refused. Mrs. Lengyel was a non Jew and that did aid her survival, somewhat. Her main goal, the point of her desperate struggle to survive was to bear witness to the murder she witnessed every single day, to the endless torture and humiliation inflicted on human beings, the slow starvation, the endless misery. Highly recommended. I also wish to add what an outstanding job Jennifer Wydra does narrating this book. I do not believe anyone could have done a better job. She was exceptional.

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Strong Woman

wow..to take such streth into my own life. amazing story of the will to live

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Good story

I enjoyed the story as horrific as many of the accounts were. The accent of the narrator was a distraction as others have mentioned and unnecessary. She should have read it without. Worth a listen though.



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Great detail of camp workings...Outstanding !

I loved it and would refer it to anyone looking for more information about details of the camp.

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Read the book

Like so many reviews have said, the narrators fake accent detracts from the story. Read it instead

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wow

very detailed and it allows you to feel that things described in her incredible experience.

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