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

Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz : The Sunday Times Bestseller, The -  - 9780241359174

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The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated by The Choice and The Tattooist of Auschwitz. 'An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival' i Paper 'Extraordinary' Observer Where there is family, there is hope . .

. Vienna, 1930s. The Kleinmann family live a simple, ordinary life.

Gustav works as a furniture upholsterer while Tini keeps their modest apartment. Their greatest joy is their children: Fritz, Edith, Herta and Kurt. But after the Nazis annex Austria, the Kleinmanns' world rapidly shifts before their eyes.

Neighbours turn on them, the business is seized, as the threat to the family becomes ever greater. Gustav and Fritz are among the first to be taken. Nazi police send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany, the beginning of an unimaginable ordeal.

Over the months of suffering that follow, there is one constant that keeps them alive: the love between father and son. Then, they discover that Gustav will be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, and Fritz is faced with a choice: let his father to die alone, or join him... Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archival research, this book tells the Kleinemanns' story for the first time - a story of love and courage in the face of unparalleled horrors.

The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz is a reminder of the worst and the best of humanity, of the strength of family ties and the human spirit.

EAN: 9780241359174
Editado por: Penguin Books
Materia: Lecturas en inglés
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado el: 6 Noviembre 2020
Nº Edición: 1
Nº páginas: 432
Encuadernación: Rústica
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