This is the first holocaust story I have read. I didn't really expect that book to be as emotional and captivating as it was. It kept me thinking over the terrible things, that have happened in my own country, for a very long time. More than any history class our trips to the concentration camps, this book helped me to understand. I started to google certain names, that were mentioned in the book. As I have read some of the reviews on goodreads after finishing the book, I noticed some people accusing Fania to present herself in a very positive light. It doesn't make any sense to me how peole can say something like that about a woman who has endured so much suffer. In fact in my opinon it is very remarkable how she kept her humanity the whole time ( in contrast we could also see the loss of humanity on Clara's side ). Another thing to appretiate is how Fania obviously pointed out, that she indeed was part of the more priveledged orchestra, but also showed th cruelty and inhumanity at the concentration camps. So she deffnitly made me shiver in horror! Morover what I really like was how she told all the background stories of her mates and called them all by there names. This made that book so much more personal and emotional. Especially the chapter "Mala" made me cry. All in all I have to say thank to that exceptional woman, who decided to share her story with us to make us understand and prevent something like that to happen again.