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A Lucky Child A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

Paperback • 2010 • English

A Lucky Child A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

By Thomas Buergenthal

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About the book

At the age of ten Thomas Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz after surviving the Ghetto of Kielce and two labour camps, and was soon separated from his parents. Using his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck, he managed to survive until he was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945. After experiencing the turmoil of Europe's post-war years - from the Battle of Berlin, to a Jewish orphanage in Poland - Buergenthal went to America in the 1950s at the age of seventeen. He eventually became one of th...Show more

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9781846681851

Publisher

Profile Books

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

A Lucky Child A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

Format

Paperback

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