Surviving the hell of Auschwitz and Dachau : a teenage struggle toward freedom from hatred / Leslie Schwartz, Marc David Bonagura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Leslie, 1930- author.

Bonagura, Marc David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Dachau (Concentration camp).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust survivors--Germany--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Germany.

Internment camp inmates--Germany--Dachau--Biography.

Internment camp inmates.

Nazi concentration camp inmates--Germany--Dachau--Biography.

Nazi concentration camp inmates.

Germany--Dachau.

Internment camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.

Nazi concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.

Poland--Oświęcim.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

i, 105 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Zürich : LIT Verlag, 2013.

Summary:

Leslie Schwartz, born in Hungary in 1930, is a teenage survivor of Auschwitz and Dachau. He lost his entire immediate family in the Holocaust. His lifelong search for wholeness led him back to Germany, where his dream now is to leave a legacy of healing and conflict resolution. In 2013, Schwartz will be awarded Germany's highest civilian honor - The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Childhood in a Time of War 9

Chapter 2 Deportation 19

Chapter 3 Journey to Hell 25

Chapter 4 Brutal Universe 33

Chapter 5 Never Give Up 39

Chapter 6 From the DP Camps to America 51

Chapter 7 Closure and Connection 65

Chapter 8 Finding Wholeness 73.

ISBN:

3643903685

9783643903686

OCLC:

842500336

Publisher Number:

99958675265