Where there is family, there is hope...Vienna, 1939. Nazi police seize Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer and his son, Fritz, and send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, his son refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells their incredible story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust.The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz is a reminder of both the best and the worst of humanity, the strength of family ties, and the power of the human spirit.
Wydawnictwo: HarperCollins Polska
Data wydania: 2019 (data przybliżona)
Kategoria: Biografie, wspomnienia, listy
ISBN:
Liczba stron: 220
Tytuł oryginału: The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz. A True Story of Family and Survival
Język oryginału: Angielski
Gustav, skromny tapicer polskiego pochodzenia, i jego nastoletni syn Fritz byli Żydami. W Austrii w przededniu wojny nie było gorszego przewinienia. W...
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