A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
Thomas Buergenthal & Elie Wiesel
Language: English
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Biography Biography & Autobiography Buergenthal; Thomas - Childhood and youth Eastern Europe General Historical History Holocaust Holocaust survivors Holocaust survivors - United States Jewish Studies Jewish children in the Holocaust Jewish children in the Holocaust - Poland Military Personal Memoirs Poland Prisoners and Prisons; German Social Science United States World War II World War; 1939-1945 World War; 1939-1945 - Prisoners and Prisons; German
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: Apr 19, 2009
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SUMMARY:
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 A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal 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.Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. A LUCKY CHILD is a book that demands to be read by all.