Buergenthal, Thomas.
A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy / Thomas Buergenthal ; foreword by Elie Wiesel. - 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. - New York : Back Bay Books, 2010, c2009. - xix, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Translation of: Ein glückskind.
Includes bibliographical references.
School Library Journal, April 2009 Library Journal Starred, March 2009 Publisher's Weekly, February 2009 Booklist, March 2009 Kirkus Review, February 2009 School Library Journal Library Journal Starred Publisher's Weekly
Thomas Buergenthanl, a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, shares his memories of what it was like to be a child in the Holocaust and to survive the concentration camps, and discusses his experiences after being liberated from Sachsenhausen, his miraculous reunion with his mother after three years apart, and his emigration to the U.S. in 1951.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult 1150L Lexile
9780316043397 (pbk.) 9780329826307 (Follett bdg.) 0316043397 0329826301
Buergenthal, Thomas--Childhood and youth.
Buergenthal, Thomas.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
D810.C4 / B84 2010
940.53/18/092 B
A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy / Thomas Buergenthal ; foreword by Elie Wiesel. - 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. - New York : Back Bay Books, 2010, c2009. - xix, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Translation of: Ein glückskind.
Includes bibliographical references.
School Library Journal, April 2009 Library Journal Starred, March 2009 Publisher's Weekly, February 2009 Booklist, March 2009 Kirkus Review, February 2009 School Library Journal Library Journal Starred Publisher's Weekly
Thomas Buergenthanl, a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, shares his memories of what it was like to be a child in the Holocaust and to survive the concentration camps, and discusses his experiences after being liberated from Sachsenhausen, his miraculous reunion with his mother after three years apart, and his emigration to the U.S. in 1951.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult 1150L Lexile
9780316043397 (pbk.) 9780329826307 (Follett bdg.) 0316043397 0329826301
Buergenthal, Thomas--Childhood and youth.
Buergenthal, Thomas.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
D810.C4 / B84 2010
940.53/18/092 B