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I have become cynical, discouraged, and depressed about the world, its leaders, and religious figures such as Osho aka Rajneesh, who is one of the best-sellers?again (the only person to have orchestrated a biological terrorist attack during the Oregon election they were trying to win). Reading "The Heart Has Reasons" has brought, how can i say it, the simple but oh so easily forgotten miracles of courage and forgiveness that people are capable of.
The stories Klempner relates are of those who were willing to take risks most of us never are faced with in our little mundane lives. The Dutch he writes of have certainly, for me, brought back into focus the true potential of the human spirit for goodness, and what courage! Their stories, and the vivid and passionate writing have brought a new and refreshed energy to me as I am sure it will to other readers.
This book must be a worthy addition to the literature of that horrid time, I'm not well read in Holocaust literature so I cannot give it a ranking, but I have to think it will be read and valued by all those who experienced, or will experience, events of this nature as our world bounces along its uneven path towards hopefully a slightly more enlightened peoplekind.
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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage
Philo, May 5, 2006
I have become cynical, discouraged, and depressed about the world, its leaders, and religious figures such as Osho aka Rajneesh, who is one of the best-sellers?again (the only person to have orchestrated a biological terrorist attack during the Oregon election they were trying to win). Reading "The Heart Has Reasons" has brought, how can i say it, the simple but oh so easily forgotten miracles of courage and forgiveness that people are capable of.The stories Klempner relates are of those who were willing to take risks most of us never are faced with in our little mundane lives. The Dutch he writes of have certainly, for me, brought back into focus the true potential of the human spirit for goodness, and what courage! Their stories, and the vivid and passionate writing have brought a new and refreshed energy to me as I am sure it will to other readers.
This book must be a worthy addition to the literature of that horrid time, I'm not well read in Holocaust literature so I cannot give it a ranking, but I have to think it will be read and valued by all those who experienced, or will experience, events of this nature as our world bounces along its uneven path towards hopefully a slightly more enlightened peoplekind.
(9 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)