In the last few days, I read the stories of two incredible men, Steven Biko and Jacques Lusseyran.

Most of us spend our days whining, and during the pandemic, we have whined louder. Yet, there are incredible people who have walked the face of the earth. Jacques Lusseyran is one of them.

He became blind when he was eight yet did not let that depress him. He was blessed to have enlightened parents.

In 1938, World War II broke out, and France capitulated. Jacques Lusseyran became the leader of one of the main wings of the Resistance, and he was a young teenager! Then, in 1943, when someone betrayed him, he was marched off to prison and then the concentration camps in Buchwald. There, he became an inspiration to many prisoners. Again, when he was not yet out of his teens.

He was one of the thirty who survived the concentration camps. When you read the book, you understand how he refused to let his spirit die. At one point he says, I didn't have physical strength, but I had my head and was determined to use it.

He recommends how we must approach life in prison, and in the camps. Apply this to your life, and it will transform into something magical.

This book is inspiring. Read it. ( )

The descriptions of Jacques life were wonderful. It was nice to see another person's view of life. Also, I lied that the book talked about Paris. It was not depressing even though it was about World War II.

Hoewel het onderwerp heel boeiend is - jongen wordt op de lagere school plotseling blind t.g.v. een ongeluk en overleeft Buchenwald - vond ik dit boek taaie kost. Heel erg beschrijvend, beetje langdradig. Ik deed er dan ook lang over om dit boek uit te lezen. ( )

Die Geschichte von Jacques Lusseyran ist unglaublich, und daher vielleicht so inspirierend. Aber nicht nur Lusseyran's Biographie überzeugt, auch seine Sinne die so viel feinfühliger sind als die meisten von es sich vorstellen können beeindrucken und regen zum Hintersinnen der eigenen Wahrnehmung an. ( )

One of the first books I ever fell in love with; story of a blind leader of the French resistence--it prepared me to marry a man with less than 3 % of his vision (my husband of 38 years). ( )