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Because of Romek : a Holocaust survivor's memoir / by David Faber with James D. Kitchen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faber, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faber, David.
- Faber, Romek.
- Pustków (Concentration camp).
- Szebnie (Concentration camp).
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Jawischowitz (Concentration camp).
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp).
- Dora (Concentration camp).
- Crawinkel (Concentration camp).
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- War--Underground movements.
- Poland.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Penn Provenance:
- Berlin, Jeffrey B. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Granite Hills Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- El Cajon, Calif. : Granite Hills Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Biography, Autobiography, Memoir of teenagerboy. Survivor of eight concentration camps, Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor; Nazi victim from 1939-45; witness to the Nazi murders of parents, brother, five of six sisters, "riveting true story", endorsed by veterans, educators, clergy, required reading schools and colleges, also published in German.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Katowice: The War Begins 1
- Chapter 1 Romek: A Startling Revelation 2
- Chapter 2 Katowice to Sosnowiec Running 10
- Chapter 3 Sosnowiec: Arrests 22
- Chapter 4 Sosnowiec: Where Are They? 27
- Chapter 5 Sosnowiec: Rescue and Murder 32
- Chapter 6 Katowice: No Return 40
- Chapter 7 Tarnow: Murder and Warning 44
- Chapter 8 Pustkow: The First Camp 52
- Chapter 9 Russian Partisans: Sabotage 62
- Chapter 10 Tarnow: K Passes and More Murders 79
- Chapter 11 Tarnow: Where's Papa? 86
- Chapter 12 Tarnow: Is Your Name Romek Faber? 93
- Chapter 13 Tarnow: We Got All of Them! 101
- Chapter 14 Szebnia: The Promise and the "Heidelager" 111
- Chapter 15 Auschwitz: Number 161051 127
- Chapter 16 Jawiszowice: The Punishment Camp 137
- Chapter 17 Jawiszowice: Desperation and Hope 146
- Chapter 18 Death March: One Step at a Time 158
- Chapter 19 Buchenwald: What Else Could Happen? 167
- Chapter 20 Dora-Mittelbau: Tunnels 175
- Chapter 21 Krawinkel: Dogs 181
- Chapter 22 Bergen-Belsen and Liberation 186
- Chapter 23 Rehabilitation 195
- Epilogue: A New Life 200.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 214).
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the Berlin Family, in memory of Dr. Jeffrey B. Berlin.
- ISBN:
- 0963888625
- 9780963888624
- OCLC:
- 37176693
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