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Hell On Earth (Paperback)
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A literary account of the author's experience in World War I. Hell
on Earth is the second book written by Avigdor Hameiri (born
Feuerstein, 1890-1970) about his experiences as a Russian prisoner
of war during the second half of World War I. Translator Peter C.
Appelbaum first became interested in Hameiri's story after learning
that one quarter of the Austro-Hungarian army was captured and
imprisoned, and that the horrific events that took place at this
time throughout Russia and central Asia are rarely discussed in
scholarly texts. Available for the first time to an
English-speaking audience, this reality-driven novel is comparable
to classics like All Quiet on the Western Front and The Gulag
Archipelago. The text is deeply tragic, while allowing some humor
to shine through in the darkest hour. The reader is introduced to a
procession of complex characters with whom Hamieri comes into
contact during his imprisonment. The narrator watches his friends
die one by one until he is released in 1917 with the help of
Russian Zionist colleagues. He then immigrates to Israel in 1921.
Hameiri's perspective on the things surrounding him-the
Austro-Hungarian Army, the Russian people and countryside, the
geography of Siberia, the nascent Zionist movement, the Russian
Revolution and its immediate aftermath-offers a distinct personal
view of a moment in time that is often overshadowed by the horrors
of the Holocaust. In his preface, Appelbaum argues that World War I
was the original sin of the twentieth century-without it, the
unthinkable acts of World War II would not have come to fruition.
Hell on Earth is a fascinating, albeit gruesome, account of life in
prison camps at the end of the First World War. Fans of historical
fiction and war memoirs will appreciate the historic value in this
piece of literature.
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