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Title: A Ray of Light
Subtitle: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners
Author: Russell Phillips
Narrator: Anthony Howard
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-15-16
Publisher: Shilka Publishing
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
This is the inspiring true story of what happens when ordinary people unite to make a stand against evil.
Lidice was a peaceful and vibrant community in Czechoslovakia with a rich mining heritage. But an act of Nazi revenge saw this village wiped from existence in a horrifying chapter of European history.
Disaster struck for Lidice in 1942 when the prominent Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. Described by Hitler as "the man with an iron heart", Heydrich was one of the key architects of the Holocaust.
His death, after an attack by members of the Czech resistance, left Hitler furious and desperate for vengeance. Looking for a scapegoat to blame for Heydrich's death, he settled on the village of Lidice, which had been falsely linked to the assassination.
In a brutal act which shocked the world, Lidice was completely destroyed. The men were shot while the women and children were rounded up and sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps.
Hitler was determined that by the time he had finished, no one would even remember Lidice, let alone live there. What he hadn't reckoned on was the efforts of a group of campaigners in Britain, who resolved to make sure Lidice would never be forgotten.
A Ray of Light tells the tale of Lidice's downfall and what happened next. Would the village simply be allowed to become a footnote in history, or would it rise from the ashes and forge a new future?
This book is a compelling testament to the power of friendship and solidarity, and how empathy and compassion can help rebuild the world.
Members Reviews:
Amazing book that brings to light a tough time
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes! An inspiration that nothing can withstand goodness. I loved the narration and the piece of history this book represents.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Sadness and Inspiration
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"This review copy audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost."
A ray of light shines on a dark moment in history
Well researched and well written. Narration carried the right tone of seriousness to convey the story. A dark moment in the history of the war. Revealed and celebrated not for what it was but for what it brought out in the world. The horrific act and what lead to it while truly terrible highlight the actions of the world in response, particularly that if the staffordshire miners and the people that brought a village back to life. Truly amazing. I received this audiobook from the author narrator or publisher for free via audiobookboom in exchange for an unbiased review
A story to change your minds on small WWII towns
My rating: 4.5 stars
Audiobook narrator Anthony Howard|rating: 4 stars
Sometimes I feel like an ignorant American when I learn about so many little stories involving major conflicts and different parts of Europe. I know that many things have happened and its hard to know of everything that has happened, but for a story like this, I would have hoped that I learned of it before. Either way, I am very glad that I now know of this story.
It sounds like some sort of weird one-off WWII tangent-type story about some remote village you may or may not have ever heard of involving some German-Nazi dude.
