Some book will leave an everlasting impression: Diamonds in Auschwitz is one of those.
Brilliantly written by Meg Hamand with a story that breaks your heart and sadly enough really happened, even though the character were mostly fictional.
So many lines in this book that hit me hard: ‘they can’t kill us all’ or ‘the frog that remains in water that is slowly heated to boiling’ comparing the complacency of the Jews who didn’t react to a worsening situation until it was too late.
So many emotions in this book: hate, love, selfishness and most of all..the acceptance of their fate.
Meg Hamand, you are truly a brilliant author and I can’t wait to see your next work!
Side note: my father was in a camp for 2 years, these kind of books make me understand his strange behavior when I grew up!

This was such a story of hope and survival. I enjoyed reading about Rachael and her friendship with the young girl Chaya and how she found the diamond ring. I also loved reading about the love story between Samuel and Hanna. The author did a great job of intervening their stories through the book. The writing of the story is very emotional and quite detailed. I would recommend this book to anyone who like historical fiction, friendship, love and good books.

The sad story of a diamond ring - and the human diamonds that survived the horrors of the Holocaust. Normally I don’t like time switches, but the switches between the man who bought the ring for his beloved and the woman who found it in Auschwitz worked.