>>938267364"Hereโs what I found:
Is the book real?
Yes, Stolen Soul: A True Story of Courage and Survival by Bernard Holstein was published in 2004 by UWA Publishing and distributed out of Australia. It's cataloged in libraries and listing sites like Goodreads, Amazon, and national collections.
Wikipedia
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Goodreads
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Amazon Singapore
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Is the author real?
The author is listed as Bernard Holstein, but thatโs a pseudonym. The real writer is Bernard Brougham, an Australian, not Jewish, and not an Auschwitz survivor.
Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Holocaust Encyclopedia
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Is the quote real?
The controversial quote you shared (about "masturbating machines" and boys collapsing) appears nowhere in genuine historical survivor testimonies or academic sources. Its bizarre, sensational nature fits more with misremembered or fabricated accounts.
Whatโs the verdict?
The work was exposed as fraudulent and pulled from circulation by its publisher after an investigation revealed significant falsehoods in both the authorโs identity and the claimed experiences.
soc.culture.german.narkive.com
Oxford Academic
So yesโthe book exists, but itโs a known forgery, and the quote likely comes from a discredited or fabricated source.
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