This account of the ordered destruction of a Jewish community takes dry statistics and puts real faces and names on people that could have been grandparents and relatives. The hardest part to comprehend is that the murders were carried out by former neighbors and friends, not the Germans. Originally read for family history research, but after finding stories and faces of what once were just names on a genealogical chart, has personalized the Holocaust as never before experienced. This book is an honor to the memory of those who perished and a testimony to those who survived under unbelieveable odds and to now have the courage to tell this story. A must read to understand what went on outside of the walls of the concentration camps throughout Europe.