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Mila 18 - Reading currently

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  1. Hufflepuff

    Hufflepuff Semi-Frightening Mountain Goat

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    Just started reading Leon Uris' "Mila 18" yesterday, his historical-fiction account of German occupation of Warsaw during the war and ultimately the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Has anyone read it / have anything notable to say about it in general (no spoilers please as of right now, I'm still in the process of reading it)?
     
    Hufflepuff, Jul 23, 2013
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I read that book many years ago. (I think I was in college). After you finish it, I would recommend John Hersey's book The Wall. I enjoyed it, but now I understand that it is fiction, and needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
     
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    A great book, which I enjoyed immensely (along with most of Leon Uris's books) many years ago. Though it is based on history, it is in fact a novel, so don't take it all as gospel.
     
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    Kai-Petri Kenraali

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    I recall having read it back in the 80´s and actually I enjoyed practically all Uris´books. Should read again one day... ;)
     
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  5. Hufflepuff

    Hufflepuff Semi-Frightening Mountain Goat

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    I have that one as well, I just haven't read it! Will definitely do once I have my full bookshelf back...
     
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    I Inherited Mila 18 Book from my Grand Father. I read it in the 80s. It's excellent. Keep Reading it.
     
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