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This book is unique because Shin Dong-hyuk is one of the only people to escape a North Korean political prisoner camps. He can explain things that people could only speculate about before. Shin not only tells a heart rending story he gives places and shows on maps where these things are happening. Shin also shows how horrible and cruel people can be. All in all this is a very unique story about the daily life of a North Korean political prison camp. Shin Dong-hyuk’s tell all book is basically this generation's Elie Wiesel. The concentration camps under control of Germany have all been demolished unlike the concentration camps in North Korea that have lasted 12 times as long. So his story is very unique to his situation in North Korea because

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