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A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
Thomas Buergenthal
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Description for A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
Paperback. Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. 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. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Thomas Buergenthal is unique. Liberated from the death camps of Auschwitz at the age of eleven, in adulthood he became a judge at the International Court in The Hague. In his honest and heartfelt memoirs, he tells the story of his extraordinary journey - from the horrors of Nazism to an investigation of modern day genocide. Aged 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 ... Read more
Thomas Buergenthal is unique. Liberated from the death camps of Auschwitz at the age of eleven, in adulthood he became a judge at the International Court in The Hague. In his honest and heartfelt memoirs, he tells the story of his extraordinary journey - from the horrors of Nazism to an investigation of modern day genocide. Aged 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781254004
SKU
V9781781254004
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About Thomas Buergenthal
Thomas Buergenthal has devoted his life to international and human rights law. He has received degrees from New York University Law School and Harvard Law School and for ten years he was a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague until his resignation in 2010. Co-recipient of the 2008 Gruber Foundation International Justice Prize, he lives in ... Read more
Reviews for A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
An understated and quietly powerful memoir ... A Lucky Child is not one to miss
Libby Purves, Radio 4 Midweek What makes this memoir so rewarding is, in the darkness, the indomitable spirit of the child
Genevieve Fox
Telegraph
A tour de force: simply narrated, at times almost naïve - and even more shocking as a ... Read more
Libby Purves, Radio 4 Midweek What makes this memoir so rewarding is, in the darkness, the indomitable spirit of the child
Genevieve Fox
Telegraph
A tour de force: simply narrated, at times almost naïve - and even more shocking as a ... Read more