A lucky child
a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy
by Thomas Buergenthal
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At the age of ten Thomas Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz after surviving the Ghetto of Kielce and two labour camps, and was soon separated from his parents. Using his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck, he managed to survive until he was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945. After experiencing the turmoil of Europe's post-war years - from the Battle of Berlin, to a Jewish orphanage in Poland - Buergenthal went to America in the 1950s at the age of seventeen. He eventually became one of the world's leading experts on international law and human rights. His story of survival and his determination to use law and justice to prevent further genocide is an epic and inspirational journey through 20th Century history. His book is both a special historical document and a great literary achievement, comparable only to Primo Levi's masterpieces.
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Biography.., Holocaust survivors, Antiquarian, Jewish children in the Holocaust, German Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945, Biography & Autobiography, Personal narratives, Childhood and youth, Biography, Nonfiction, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, german, Jews, biography, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jewish children, Poland, biography, Autobiography and memoirPeople
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Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz As a Young Boy
2015, Little Brown & Company
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Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz As a Young Boy
2015, Profile Books Limited
in English
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Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz As a Young Boy
2015, Little Brown & Company
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A lucky child: a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy
2010, Profile
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A lucky child: a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy
2009, Little, Brown
in English
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A Lucky Child
2009, Little, Brown and Company
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Originally published: 2009.
Translated from the German.
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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.
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