- 158 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A Holocaust survivor recounts his memories from pre-war Poland to liberation, honoring lost family and culture. These are the memories of a man who had been a young Jewish boy in Central Poland. His 9th birthday came in mid July 1939. Less than two months later they are his memories of the Nazi era, from the very beginning of WW11 until he was liberated by the Russians on the 8th May 1945. This age of death when Nazis attempted the absolute annihilation of all Jews in Europe regardless of age, character or gender, is now referred to as the Holocaust. These memories include those of his vibrant family life in Poland before the war. They are his homage and his memorial to his parents, his little sister and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins who were wiped out by the Nazis along with centuries of their culture. Arriving in the UK on 14th August 1945 he was in the first group of Concentration Camp child survivors brought into England at the invitation of King George V1. The story of these children's arrival and initial rehabilitation in the Lake District is told in the 2020 BBC film 'The Windermere Children'. His memories conclude with some glimpses of his life immediately after liberation, and later when he was settled in the UK. From dozens of known relatives, he and his elder brother thought for a long time that they were the only family members to have survived from their town. Later they discovered there was a third survivor, an even younger cousin. The author married the Holocaust survivor of this memoir. He wanted the tale of how they met to be told and the book begins with this. All the material concerning life in Poland, life during the war and vignettes of post war life have simply been written down by the author. Everything was read and re-read by the survivor who felt that these recollections were true to what he remembered.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Book Title
- Coopyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Fuks and Gotesman family trees
- Chapter 1 How I Met My Husband
- Chapter 2 Before the War, Tuszyn, Central Poland, 1930–1939
- Chapter 3 The War
- Plates
- Chapter 4 8 May–14 August 1945
- Chapter 5 England – a New Life: 14 August 1945–the Present
- Chapter 6 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Back Cover