Холодный крематорий. Голод и надежда в Освенциме

Ĭozhef Debret͡seni - odin iz samykh odarennykh vengerskoi͡azychnykh zhurnalistov i poėtov. Popav v Osvent͡sim, on dolzhen byl umeretʹ rovno cherez sorok pi͡atʹ minut posle pribytii͡a. Strogo po utverzhdennomu grafiku. Imenno stolʹko vremeni trebovalosʹ, chtoby poluzhivykh zakli͡uchennykh rassortirovali po gruppam, razdeli i otpravili v gazovye kamery. Odnako nadsmotrshchiki reshili, chto Debret͡seni vygodnee ne ubivatʹ srazu, a zastavitʹ rabotatʹ. Dalee posledovalo muchitelʹnoe dvenadt͡satimesi͡achnoe puteshestvie po "Strane Osvent͡sim". Podobno Dante, avtor proshel vse krugi preispodneĭ: ego brosali iz odnogo lageri͡a v drugoĭ, poka v kont͡se kont͡sov Ĭozhef ne pogruzilsi͡a v ledeni͡ashchiĭ mrak "Kholodnogo krematorii͡a" - mesta, gde vsem polozheno umiratʹ… I blagodari͡a ėtomu on byl spasen.Memuary Debret͡seni nazyvai͡ut "samym surovym i besposhchadnym obvineniem nat͡sizmu iz kogda-libo napisannykh". Avtor pokazyvaet mekhanizmy rabstva, sot͡sialʹnui͡u ierarkhii͡u v lageri͡akh i sposoby, kotorymi nat͡sisty unichtozhali ne tolʹko chelovecheskie tela, no i dushi vsekh li͡udeĭ, popavshikh v mi͡asorubku Osvent͡sima, gde net blizosti, net komforta, net obshchnosti, net geroizma... I͡Asnyĭ i analiticheskiĭ stilʹ izlozhenii͡a sochetaetsi͡a s khudozhestvennoĭ vyrazitelʹnostʹi͡u teksta. I khoti͡a zhutkie i naturalistichnye opisanii͡a zemnogo ada poroĭ stanovi͡atsi͡a pochti nevynosimymi, tem ne menee, blagodari͡a talantu i iskrennosti avtora ot knigi nevozmozhno otorvatʹsi͡a.------------------------------Ėkhud Barak, byvshiĭ premʹer-ministr Izraili͡a: "Ĭozhef Debret͡seni byl zhurnalistom i poėtom i privnes v ėtu zamechatelʹnui͡u rabotu oba svoikh talanta. Ee dolzhen prochitatʹ kazhdyĭ, kto khochet poni͡atʹ varvarskui͡u zhestokostʹ Kholokosta, a takzhe neukrotimyĭ dukh tekh, kto perezhil ego".Geza Rërig, vedushchiĭ aktër oskaronosnogo filʹma "Syn Saula": "Za iskli͡ucheniem proizvedeniĭ Primo Levi, i͡a ne znai͡u drugoĭ takoĭ silʹnoĭ dokumentalʹnoĭ knigi o Kholokoste".

Jozsef Debrecen is one of the most gifted Hungarian–speaking journalists and poets. Once in Auschwitz, he was supposed to die exactly forty-five minutes after his arrival. Strictly according to the approved schedule. That's how long it took for the half-dead prisoners to be sorted into groups, stripped and sent to the gas chambers. However, the overseers decided that it was more profitable for Debrecen not to kill immediately, but to make it work. This was followed by a painful twelve-month journey through the "Land of Auschwitz." Like Dante, the author went through all the circles of hell: he was thrown from one camp to another, until eventually Jozef plunged into the chilling darkness of the "Cold Crematorium" — a place where everyone is supposed to die… And because of that, he was saved.Debrecen's memoirs have been called "the harshest and most merciless indictment of Nazism ever written." The author shows the mechanisms of slavery, the social hierarchy in the camps and the ways in which the Nazis destroyed not only human bodies, but also the souls of all people trapped in the meat grinder of Auschwitz, where there is no intimacy, no comfort, no community, no heroism... A clear and analytical style of presentation is combined with the artistic expressiveness of the text. And although the creepy and naturalistic descriptions of earthly hell sometimes become almost unbearable, nevertheless, thanks to the talent and sincerity of the author, it is impossible to break away from the book.------------------------------Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel: "Jozsef Debrecen was a journalist and a poet and brought both his talents to this wonderful work. It should be read by anyone who wants to understand the barbaric cruelty of the Holocaust, as well as the indomitable spirit of those who survived it."Geza Roerig, lead actor of the Oscar-winning film "Son of Saul": "With the exception of the works of Primo Levi, I do not know of another such strong documentary book about the Holocaust."