An extraordinary true story about the author's father, Mike Lewis, a British paratrooper and combat cameraman who filmed the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Helen Lewis is a writer, editor and researcher who was born in the UK and moved to Australia when she was twenty-one. She lives in the hinterland of Eden, New South Wales, where she indulges her love of gardening.
‘This mesmerising account of a daughter’s quest to recreate her
father’s life as a combat cameraman sharpens our focus on what it
means to bear witness to the unprecedented horrors of the Holocaust
and its imprint on human history.’
*Mark Raphael Baker*
‘Military history buffs will love [Lewis’s] tale… She offers a
fine discussion on the responsibilities of photographers and
publishers of war images.’
*SA Weekend*
‘How a Jewish boy from London’s East End ended up clutching a
camera to record the war’s harrowing finale is the subject of
Lewis’s reflective study, The Dead Still Cry Out...It’s
equally a powerful and disturbing account of her attempt to
come to terms with her father’s task, his reluctance to describe in
detail what he saw, and his legacy to history.’
*Australian*
‘[The Dead Still Cry Out] prompts reflection on the
relationship between damaged parents and their children; the
received trauma of being an observer of suffering; the question of
the situation of Jews in the Diaspora in general and in Britain in
particular; how history and memory are formed; and about the
pervasiveness of Holocaust denial when such authoritative opposing
evidence exists. This book is a fascinating read.’
*J-Wire*
‘[A] beautifully written investigation…'
*Good Reading*
‘Sometimes history is worth reading because of the subject matter
and sometimes it’s worth reading because of the quality of the
writing. The Dead Still Cry Out ticks both boxes.’
*ANZ Lit Lovers*
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