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Pain And Suffering In Andrew Gross's 'The One Man'

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The Break In Clinging to a key Jewish principle found in the Torah, Nathan decides to risk everything to save just one life, which he believes is the first step to saving the world. The One Man, by Andrew Gross, shows the great loss experienced by one of the main characters, conveys the pain and suffering endured at concentration camps for another main character, and details the struggles experienced by the United States Government to rescue Professor Mendl from Auschwitz. In Andrew Gross’s, The One Man, the Polish-American spy, Nathan Blum, endures conflicts that can compare and contrast to actual victims of the Holocaust. In the book, Nathan Blum was separated from his family and was sent to the US and joined the military. Nathan soon …show more content…

Blum felt as if he had left his family do die after hearing the news about his family as stated on page 57, ‘“His entire family was killed by the Germans six months after he was here.” Donovan lookedthe president in the eyes. “According to those who know him, he feels he left them there to die.”’ (Gross). The Nazi soldiers would kill the people who tried to stand up to them, so when Blums family was found in a ghetto they were …show more content…

Soon after arriving in the US, he had completely lost everything, his family died while standing up to the nazi soldiers, and he’d lost his home, this relates to Nate Norman’s experiences in the Holocaust. Nathan Blum had to infiltrate Auschwitz Birkenau, save Alfred Mendl, then escape with Alfred. This is similar to Witold Pilecki, except he didn’t do it because he was asked to. The One Man is a book that accurately describes the Holocaust, and what happened in the

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