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The Boy Who Lost His Birthday
- A Memoir of Loss, Survival, and Triumph
Engelsk Paperback
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The Boy Who Lost His Birthday
- A Memoir of Loss, Survival, and Triumph
Engelsk Paperback

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The Boy Who Lost His Birthday is the uplifting story of one man''s journey from boyhood in rural Hungary to triumph over oppression during the Holocaust and finally to a role as a spiritual leader in America. Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits'' compelling memoir recounts his happy childhood memories in Derecske, Hungary where he was a member of a thriving Jewish community and aspired to become a cantor. Stricken with wartime poverty, Berkowits and his father left their home and family behind to seek work in Budapest. It was there that they were rounded up with other Budapest Jews and shipped by sealed train to Auschwitz in the summer of 1944. Berkowits vividly narrates his treacherous experience as a sixteen year-old boy surviving in the notorious Nazi concentration camp until its liberation by American troops. After recovery in Sweden, Berkowits immigrated to America were he completed his education, joined the United States Army, and became a chaplain''s assistant. After leaving the Army, he undertook graduate study at Hebrew Union College, married, and became the founding rabbi of the largest Jewish congregation in Virginia, Temple Rodef Shalom. Berkowits'' story shows that he emerged victorious over deprivation, cruelty, and tragedy to become an exemplar of American success.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
136
ISBN-13:
9780761840664
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0761840664
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Udg. Dato:
5 sep 2008
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
228mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
University Press of America
Oplagsdato:
5 sep 2008
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