The boy who lost his birthday : a memoir of loss, survival and triumph / Laszlo Berkowits with Robert W. Kenny ; edited by Jody I. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkowits, Laszlo

Contributor:

Franklin, Jody I.

Kenny, Robert W.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berkowits, Laszlo.

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Hungary--Biography.

Jews.

Rabbis--United States--Biography.

Rabbis.

Holocaust survivors.

Jews, Hungarian.

Derecske (Hungary)--History--20th century--Biography.

Derecske (Hungary).

Hungary.

Hungary--Derecske.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2008.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Hamilton Books, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span><span>The Boy Who Lost His Birthday is the uplifting story of one man's journey from boyhood in rural Hungary to triumph over oppression during the Holocaust and finally to a role as a spiritual leader in America.</span></span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. My World; Chapter Two. Our Jewish Community; Chapter Three. The World Changed; Chapter Four. Budapest; Chapter Five. Arrest and Deportation; Photospread; Chapter Six. Arrival; Chapter Seven. Auschwitz-Birkenau; Chapter Eight. After; Chapter Nine. Toward Recovery; Chapter Ten. Rebirth; Chapter Eleven. A New Life; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 81).

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

0-7618-9296-6

0-7618-8462-9

1-282-56118-9

9786612561184

0-7618-4065-6

OCLC:

700920159