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| The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story (Holocaust) | 
| Authors: Peter Lane Taylor, Christos Nicola
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 657358
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1580132618
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.53180922477
EAN: 9781580132619
ASIN: 1580132618
Publication Date: February 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Beautiful phototographs of an inspiring WW2 story May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very nice book about a little-known story from WWII. It is just incredible what these Jewish families were able to endure to stay alive by hiding in caves, although none of them were experienced cavers. The story of the modern-day cave experts who rediscovered the story is also well done, and the two tales are woven beautifully to create the book. Modern cave photographs and historical images work combine to help tell the story.
 Truth IS stranger than fiction September 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A book that should be read by all Holocaust-denyers. Had the privelage of meeting the authors and one of the family members written about.
The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story August 6, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Two authors, a cave expert and a photographer, tell this almost unbelievable story of how thirty-eight Jews from a village in the Ukraine survived the Holocaust. They clung tenaciously to life in two different caves for over one year, and somehow managed to come out of the experience physically, mentally, and emotionally intact. We feel admiration and empathy for these determined people who risked everything in order to stay together.
The story of the caves is interwoven with the story of these people's survival. The authors conducted extensive interviews and consulted the memoir, We Fight to Survive, written in 1960 by Esther Stermer, the matriarch of one of the families. This book reads like an adventure story with a suspense-filled plot and fascinating characters. However, this is brutal fact, not artificial fiction. Generous margins, gorgeous photos of the people and places involved, accurate maps and fascinating sidebars make for a handsome book. The only elements lacking are an index and bibliography. One of the survivors, Shulim Stermer, states: "Everyone has it inside of them to survive." Peter Taylor wondered if he would be capable of the same will to fight for his own family's survival. The Secret of Priest's Grotto brings us face to face with this difficult question. Ages 10-14.
Epic survival story May 6, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I visited the Priest's Grotto in 1990 and found the story local cavers told us fascinating. However it took the amazing detective work of Cris Nicola to uncover the entire story of survival. The book accurately conveys the cave environment and the conditions found there. Cris and Peter are able to put this into language that non caver types can understand. The book had special meaning to me as I am one of few Americans to actually visit the site. To anyone this story is a moving example of a family fighting to survive under horrible conditions. The photo of the present day family on page 61 brought tears to my eyes. I highly reccomend giving this book a read.
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