Book Review: Silent for Sixty Years

Silent for Sixty Years

Ben Fainer

200 pages

$16.00

Available at All on the Same Page Bookstore “Ben’s story is unlike any you’ve ever heard. Ben Fainer spent the entire war as a Nazi prisoner, surviving for six years in six different camps. After losing his mother, three siblings, and over 250 other relatives in the Holocaust, Ben was liberated by American soldiers while on a final death-march in the spring of 1945. Ben didn’t just survive, he thrived. He was able to put his tragic childhood behind and live an incredible post-war life. Then, after over sixty years of silence, he happened to meet and become best friends with one of his liberators! Together they began talking about all they’d been through so long ago. It is a moving and greatly inspirational story you’ll never forget.”

Last weekend, I had the honor and privilege of meeting author Ben Fainer, and spent a very enjoyable hour talking with him. Truly, one of the highlights of my
life.

I had not yet read his book, but have done so since – it’s not long, it’s not
complicated, it’s simply the story of one man who survived in the horrendous
Nazi camps of the Holocaust. We’ve all heard the stories, and studied history,
and thought, “Wow, that was terrible, horrible, beyond imaginable.” And it was,
indeed.

But Ben brings this story to life – his manner of speaking, of writing; his detailed account; and most importantly, perhaps, the man himself. To actually meet and chat with someone like Ben Fainer, a survivor of the most awful period of man’s historical past, was a profound experience.

Read this book. Read it today.