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MonicaLoves2Read
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@Reecaspieces I finished this amazing book.

'The Enemy Beside Me' is a wonderful written Historical Fiction, but a hard read. Naomi Ragen is a descendant of Lithuanian Jews, and the daughter-in-law of two Holocaust survivors. She is an amazing author. In 'The Enemy Beside Me', she gives us a glance into what happened to the Lithuanian Jews during WWII.

Milia Gottstein-Lasker, director of the Survivors' Campaign, to be the key note speaker ⬇️

Reecaspieces Nailed it!! It is a hard read. And I had no idea about what happened in Lithuania. 1y
MonicaLoves2Read at Lithuania Holocaust Program by Dr. Darius Vidas, a senior lecturer at Algridas University. Her family has always been connected to the Survivors Campaign. Now as the head of it, she has to decide if she can bear to go to a country she hates, and talk to people she has despised. A personal problem helps her decide to go. Once there, she experiences things she never thought she would.

I gave this a 4 star instead of 5 because Milia got on my nerves. Yes, there were reasons to be angry about somethings, but Ragen took it too far at times. It just didn't make sense to me for her to be so angry about some trivial stuff.

If you enjoy Historical Fiction, WWII, or even family drama ( because that's in here, too), I think you would enjoy ready 'The Enemy Beside Me'. I actually think everyone needs to read it, because even though the Holocaust is in the past, if we don't educate ourselves, it or something worse could happen again.

Published September 12, 2023

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and St. Martin's Griffin for the E-ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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MonicaLoves2Read @Reecaspieces I didn't either. So terrible. It scares me what people are capable of doing. 1y
Reecaspieces @Monica5 this is true. 1y
TheSpineView Great job!🤩 1y
TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 1y
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