All the Horrors of War

A Jewish Girl, a British Doctor, and the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

By: Bernice Lerner

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

On April 15, 1945, Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered Bergen-Belsen for the first time. Waiting for him were 10,000 unburied, putrefying corpses and 60,000 living prisoners, starving and sick. One month earlier, 15-year-old Rachel Genuth arrived at Bergen-Belsen; deported with her family from Sighet, Transylvania, in May of 1944, Rachel had by then already endured Auschwitz, the Christianstadt labor camp, and a forced march through the Sudetenland. In All the Horrors of War, Bernice Lerner follows both Hughes and Genuth as they move across Europe toward Bergen-Belsen in the final, brutal year of World War II.

Drawing on a wealth of sources, including Hughes's papers, war diaries, oral histories, and interviews, this gripping volume combines scholarly research with narrative storytelling in describing the suffering of Nazi victims, the overwhelming presence of death at Bergen-Belsen, and characters who exemplify the human capacity for fortitude. Lerner, Rachel's daughter, has special insight into the torment her mother suffered. The first book to pair the story of a Holocaust victim with that of a liberator, All the Horrors of War compels listeners to consider the full, complex humanity of both.

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Definitely must listen to

One of the better Holocaust survivor stories I’ve read. Hughes’ life and accomplishments weaved into the narrative made it even better

Interesting Read

I’ve read other holocaust books but this was the first that spent several chapters focusing on the survivors convalescence. It was very interesting.

Amazing story

This is a true story which is true. Very, very touching. Amazing British doctor. Thanks