More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka, and fewer than seventy came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, fifty years later, did he jump to his death from a bridge in Scotland? The answer lies in a long-forgotten, published account of the Treblinka deat…
"When Katrina Shawver met the eighty-five year old Henry Zguda, he possessed an exceptional memory, a surprising cache of original documents and photos, and a knack for meeting the right people at the right time. Couched in the interview style of Tuesdays with Morrie, Henry rela…
The spellbinding true story of a little girl's miraculous escape from the Nazis during the Second World War.
The spellbinding true story of a little girl's miraculous escape from the Nazis during the Second World War.
"Ogni volta che posso chiedo a mio padre di parlarmi di Lodz, della sua famiglia, di Auschwitz. Nel farlo sollevo automaticamente la manica della sua camicia, mettendo a nudo il numero tatuato sul suo braccio. Mentre mi parla continuo a fissare quel numero che diventa uno scherm…
Introduction -- The stories -- Zygie Allweiss -- Irene Bau -- Sheila Bernard -- Maria Devinki -- Aaron Elster and Irene Budkowski -- Roman Frayman -- Rose Gelbart -- Felicia Graber -- Feliks Karpman -- Jerry Koenig -- Andre Nowacki -- Anna Schiff -- Barbara Turkeltaub -- Father …
"Tammeus and Cukierkorn interview Jewish survivors and their non-Jewish rescuers, capturing for future generations stories of how, through courage and ingenuity, a few Jews in Poland escaped the Holocaust, and revealing how individuals can preserve civility and compassion even i…