Buy new:
-32% £13.65
£4.21 delivery Friday, 25 October
Dispatches from: Amazon
Sold by: Amazon
£13.65 with 32 percent savings
RRP: £20.00
The RRP is the suggested or recommended retail price of a product set by the manufacturer and provided by a manufacturer, supplier or seller.
Learn more
£4.21 delivery Friday, 25 October. Details
Or fastest delivery Thursday, 24 October. Order within 4 hrs 3 mins. Details
Only 1 left in stock (more on the way).
££13.65 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
££13.65
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Delivery cost, delivery date and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Dispatches from
Amazon
Amazon
Dispatches from
Amazon
Sold by
Amazon
Amazon
Sold by
Amazon
Returns
Returnable within 30 days of receipt
Returnable within 30 days of receipt
Item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund within 30 days of receipt
Read full Amazon return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
£3.50
Buy from the UK's book specialist. Enjoy same or next day dispatch. A top-rated and trusted seller on Amazon. Buy from the UK's book specialist. Enjoy same or next day dispatch. A top-rated and trusted seller on Amazon. See less
£3 delivery 25 October - 5 November. Details
Only 1 left in stock.
££13.65 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
££13.65
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Delivery cost, delivery date and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Dispatched from and sold by WeBuyBooks.
Added to

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer – no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Bernice Lerner
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

To Meet in Hell: Bergen-Belsen, the British Officer Who Liberated It, and the Jewish Girl He Saved Hardcover – 15 Mar. 2020

by Bernice Lerner (Author), James Le Fanu (Foreword)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"£13.65","priceAmount":13.65,"currencySymbol":"£","integerValue":"13","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"65","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"mlj8IAESdQ%2FAm%2BBTHBpvrK4EOHy3KJLGxISdEvnXQ55jQv%2BnBzKzSQEoPlh2xEkBUsrZEyMII7NhS00Nq6a2Iv9PbQJ6U2%2BmnBFqXuyfi8bM1o9V%2Fp0pYovbmMb%2FnYP0","locale":"en-GB","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"£3.50","priceAmount":3.50,"currencySymbol":"£","integerValue":"3","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"50","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"NLhlhJRGn3y0pyzjvGk3xEmenJWjy9chkgrg%2FFQy4yjFxTCIIz8mm9O9gc%2F7AeNxYHoi3pNk%2Fy9AVEaHzwfxt5yYKqvu%2FtWld1YxbNMtSloniTOZJViiN70uaCx9mg8%2BjO0ZrNimyG%2BCXjyGj3Nr5LzIIf9Irmb4w9G8RmTxK8KXN8tjBjCj8g%3D%3D","locale":"en-GB","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

On April 15, 1945, Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes entered Bergen-Belsen for the first time. Waiting for him were 10,000 unburied, putrefying corpses and 60,000 living prisoners, starving and sick. One month earlier, 15-year-old Rachel Genuth arrived at Bergen-Belsen; deported with her family from Sighet, Hungary, in May of 1944, Rachel had by then already endured Auschwitz, the Christianstadt labor camp, and a forced march through the Sudetenland. In To Meet In Hell, Bernice Lerner follows both Hughes and Genuth as they move across Europe toward Bergen-Belsen in the final, brutal year of World War II. The book begins at the end: with Hughes’s searing testimony at the September 1945 trial of Josef Kramer, commandant of Bergen-Belsen, along with forty-four SS and guards. ‘I have been a doctor for thirty years and seen all the horrors of war,’ Hughes said, ‘but I have never seen anything to touch it.’ The narrative then jumps back to the spring of 1944, following both Hughes and Rachel as they navigate their respective forms of wartime hell until confronting the worst: Christianstadt’s prisoners, including Rachel, are deposited in Bergen-Belsen, and the British Second Army, having finally breached the fortress of Germany, assumes control of the ghastly camp after a negotiated surrender. Though they never met, it was Hughes’s commitment to helping as many prisoners as possible that saved Rachel’s life. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including Hughes’s papers, war diaries, oral histories, and interviews, this gripping volume combines scholarly research with narrative storytelling in describing the suffering of Nazi victims, the overwhelming presence of death at Bergen-Belsen, and characters who exemplify the human capacity for fortitude. Lerner, Rachel’s daughter, has special insight into the torment her mother suffered. The first book to pair the story of a Holocaust victim with that of a liberator, To Meet In Hell compels readers to consider the full, complex humanity of both.
Previous slide of product details
  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Amberley Publishing
  4. Publication date
    15 Mar. 2020
  5. Dimensions
    24 x 3 x 16.4 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1445694042
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1445694047
  8. See all details
Next slide of product details

Product description

Review

‘Focusing on the traumatization of the liberator as well as the survivor, Lerner tells two fascinating stories that are original in both form and content. Her writing is clear, straightforward, and compelling. A powerful and engaging book.’ -- Michael A. Grodin, MD, Boston University School of Public Health, coauthor of The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code: Human Rights in Human Experimentation

‘By describing the fate of one Jewish girl destined to die under the most gruesome manner and the horror experienced by a British doctor and officer upon stepping into a Nazi concentration camp, Lerner humanizes an event that is often described only from one perspective: either that of the liberators, for whom the survivors were often dehumanized “living skeletons” because of their deplorable living conditions, or that of the survivors, for whom the liberators were angels of mercy descended from heaven after months and years of utter dehumanization by their tormentors. A valuable and highly readable book.’ -- Omer Bartov, Brown University, author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz

‘A towering achievement, Lerner’s narrative at once brings us into hell along with its central characters and then lifts us out on the strength of their respective forms of courage and generosity. This meticulously researched story is nourishment for the soul.’ -- Robert G. Kegan, Harvard University, author of In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life

About the Author

Bernice Lerner is Dean of Adult Learning at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts and a senior scholar at the Center for Character and Social Responsibility at Boston University’s School of Education, where she teaches courses related to the Holocaust, character and ethics education. Lerner is the author of The Triumph of Wounded Souls: Seven Holocaust Survivors’ Lives (endorsed by Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Coles; published by University of Notre Dame Press, 2004, and, in German, by Wochenschau Verlag, 2013). At the time of the 70th anniversary of the liberation she published “Bergen-Belsen through the Eyes of Its Liberator” (National Review Online, 2015) and “The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen” (The Jewish Advocate, 2015) subsequently appearing in media outlets throughout the United States. She has also been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. Lerner holds a doctorate in education from Boston University and a master’s from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is a founding member of the Boston Biographers Group.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amberley Publishing (15 Mar. 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1445694042
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1445694047
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24 x 3 x 16.4 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Bernice Lerner

Bernice Lerner

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Bernice Lerner, Ed.D., is the author of "To Meet in Hell: Bergen-Belsen, the British Officer who Liberated it, and the Jewish Girl He Saved," and other works on the Holocaust and virtue ethics. She is a senior scholar at Boston University's Center for Character and Social Responsibility, and former dean of adult learning at Hebrew College. Please visit www.bernicelerner.com for links to her articles, interviews, webinars, and information about her book's protagonists. And, to contact Bernice.

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
78 global ratings

Top reviews from United Kingdom

WLG
5.0 out of 5 stars Very moving
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2020
Verified Purchase
This is one of those books which are hard to put down. Two parallel stories which quickly link up.
If only this had been a work of fiction. Regrettably it is all fact
Helpful
 Report
Merryl West
5.0 out of 5 stars The right person in the right place at the right time can acheive the impossible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2020
Verified Purchase
Liked the story in Daily Mail. Was impressed by how the army Dr sorted out the problems and thought it was exactly what we needed here.
Promt delivery, no fuss.
Helpful
 Report
John Whittle
5.0 out of 5 stars Delivery Date to be accurate
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2020
Verified Purchase
Book arrived on promised date. Good book, enjoying it. Thank you.
Helpful
 Report
G M BIGGS
5.0 out of 5 stars High quality
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2020
Verified Purchase
Delivered on time and in excellent condition. Met all my expectations.
Helpful
 Report
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2020
Verified Purchase
A fascinating account of two people's lives.
Helpful
 Report
ALAN BROADFOOT
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2020
Verified Purchase
Well writtem
Helpful
 Report
Joanne
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute rubbish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2020
Verified Purchase
Absolute rubbish so disappointed
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Ph Starling
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2020
This is a wonderful book about how two people’s lives were brought together in April 1945. A book about Glyn Hughes has been long awaited and Bernice Lerner has done that by combining it with the story of her own mother’s survival in that terrible place, Belsen. But be warned reading the book may bring a tear to your eye. Bernice Lerner is to be commended for writing such an important and moving historical account not only of Glyn Hughe’s role in the liberation of the camp but also of her own mothers early life and transition into womanhood.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report