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A Lucky Child
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy | Thomas Buergenthal
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 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 twentieth 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 His book is both a special historical document and a great literary achievement, comparable only to Primo Levi's masterpieces.
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britt_brooke
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DAY 18 #LuckyStar | I‘m purely choosing this book from the “lucky” portion of today‘s prompt. This is a harrowing memoir of surviving Auschwitz.

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Eggs @Insightsintobooks Have you read this? 5y
Insightsintobooks @Eggs no, I haven't. Thank you. 5y
Cinfhen I‘m not aware of this memoir either. #stacked 💔 5y
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EmilieGR
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Heart wrenching

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Ive decided (since yesterday)that I don‘t read enough memoirs so I found the only other one I own to read on a trip with my parents.. if I dont get sick from my dads driving.

MayJasper Dad driving. Oh yes, I know what you mean. Thankfully a doctor has put a stop to my Dad driving. 7y
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This is not "just another survivor story" there is no Holocaust story that is "just another". This is less about Thomas's actual time in the ghetto, camps, and death march it is more about what he did with that experience and how it shaped him and where it brought him in life.

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This.

Insightsintobooks That quote brought tears to my eyes. 5y
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Leg warmer and reading buddy

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OrangeMooseReads
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That's not how it works, that's not how any of this works! #toesequalteeth

keelymorgan lol just that quote alone made my so curious what the book is about... 8y
OrangeMooseReads His story of surviving the concentration camps. This part was after the death march from Auschwitz and the open transport train to Sachsenhausen, he got frost bite and two of his twos were removed. 8y
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britt_brooke Great book! 8y
OrangeMooseReads @britt_brooke I just started it today. It's amazing. 8y
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OrangeMooseReads

Time to start a new read. Still listening to the Nadja Spiegelman memoir.