A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy / Thomas Buergenthal ; foreword by Elie Wiesel.
| Author/creator |
Buergenthal, Thomas |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st American ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Little, Brown & Co., ©2009. |
| Description | xvii, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | From Lubochna to Poland -- Katowice -- The ghetto of Kielce -- Auschwitz -- The Auschwitz death transport -- Liberation -- Into the Polish Army -- Waiting to be found -- A new beginning -- Life in Germany -- To America. |
| Abstract | Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir. Arriving at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp, he became separated first from his mother and then his father but managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2008033732 |
| ISBN | 9780316043403 |
| ISBN | 0316043400 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | D810.C4 B84 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |