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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp) Bornstein, Michael 1940- Friedman, Tova 1938- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Żarki Personal narratives Juvenile literature Jewish children in the Holocaust Jews Jews Poland Żarki Biography Poland ŻarkiFriedman, Tova
Summary: "Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was four when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labour camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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Summary: In 1945, in a now-famous piece of World War II archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother's arms. Here is the unforgettable story of how a father's courageous wit, a mother's fierce love, and one perfectly timed illness saved Michael's life, and how others in his family from Zarki, Poland, dodged death at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2017