1 option
What they didn't burn : uncovering my father's holocaust secrets / Mel Laytner.
LIBRA DS134.55 .L69 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laytner, Mel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laytner, Mel--Family.
- Laytner, Mel.
- Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Family secrets.
- Families.
- United States.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Nazi concentration camps.
- Fathers and sons--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- What they did not burn
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, Arizona : SparkPress, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Growing up, author Mel Laytner saw his father as a quintessential Type B: passive and conventional. As he uncovered documents the Nazis didn't burn, however, another man emerged--a black market ringleader and wily camp survivor who made his own luck. The tattered papers also shed light on painful secrets his father took to his grave. Melding the intimacy of personal memoir with the rigors of investigative journalism, Laytner has written a heartwarming, inspiring story of resilience and redemption. A story of how desperate survivors turned hopeful refugees rebuilt their shattered lives in America, all the while struggling with the lingering trauma that has impacted their children to this day."-- Back cover
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-262).
- ISBN:
- 9781684631032
- 1684631033
- OCLC:
- 1230463393
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.