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The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Autor Jeremy Dronfield
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 ian 2019
THE TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS FOR SUMMER

The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated byThe Cut Out Girl, The ChoiceandThe Tattooist of Auschwitz.
'An extraordinary tale'The Times (Best Books of 2019)
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Where there is family, there is hope . . .
Vienna, 1939.
Nazi police seize Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer and his son, Fritz, and send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.
When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, his son refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.
Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells their incredible story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust.
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitzis a reminder of both the best and the worst of humanity, the strength of family ties, and the power of the human spirit.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival'i Paper
'Extraordinary'Observer
'We should all read this shattering book about the Holocaust. An astonishing story of the unbreakable bond between a father and a son. Brilliantly researched and written with searing clarity'Daily Mail
'A deeply humane account. This book could not be more timely and deserves the widest possible readership'Daily Express
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241359198
ISBN-10: 0241359198
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 162 x 240 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Michael Joseph
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Jeremy Dronfieldis a biographer, historian, novelist and former archaeologist. His recent non-fiction titles includeBeyond the CallandDr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time.

Recenzii

An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival
An extraordinary tale
Theinspiring true storyof Gustav and Fritz Kleinmann, an Austrian father and son who managed to survive internments in concentration camps from Buchenwald to Auschwitz. Dronfield draws extensively on Gustav's diary, allowing us inside the incredible bond between father and son that kept them together through harrowing experiences, and,like all the best narrative nonfiction, the story is both immersive and extraordinary. Deeply moving and brimming with humanity.
A deeply humane account. This book could not be more timely and deserves the widest possible readership
Extraordinary
We should all read this shattering book about the Holocaust. An astonishing story of the unbreakable bond between a father and a son. Brilliantly researched and written with searing clarity
An extraordinary tale of endurance and filial love. It is a miraculous story with many twists and Dronfield tells it well in an energetic and lively style
Extraordinary . . . an affecting father-and-son tale
This book tells their extraordinary tale of surviving tale of surviving five and a half years in Nazi prison camps
A defiant record of a horrific experience
A devastating yet extraordinary account
Through the horrors, there was one constant that kept them alive; the love between father and son. Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, tell this story for the first time
Based upon meticulous research, this book tells of the Kleinmann familly and the love and courage of a son for his father