Title: Letters from Belsen 1945: An Australian Nurse's Experiences With the Survivors of War
Author: Muriel Knox Doherty
Genre: Historical memoir
Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 256
Recommended for: 13+
Summary: This is a story of a nurse's point of view on Bergen-Belsen's Displaced Persons (DP) camp. She tells the story of Belsen from April 1945 - November 1945.
Content Review
Sexual content: None, except a reference to circumcision.
Profanity: None. It may have one or two uses of "da*n"
Violence: It's Belsen, 1945. Nothing overly explicit/in-depth. If it were a movie it would possibly be PG-13. The piles of corpses are mentioned, and some Doherty helps with the aftermath and the survivors, not the actual liberation-liberation (April 15)
Drug content: Drinking, and cigarettes are mentioned.
My opinion: Sometimes I would recommend certain books (i.e. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom) to anyone, this is one I would only recommend to those interested in anything medical related or WWII, and I'm strongly interested in both. It is pretty detailed, but not too boring. One reason I decided to read this book was because I am interested in the medical aspect of Bergen-Belsen; the liberation was known as one of the biggest reliefs in medical history. Pages 80-120 are kind of boring, but other than that, it is a very good, clean book.
I would recommend this book.
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