From the Ashes of Sobibor : A Story of Survival
By Thomas Toivi Blatt; Christopher R BrowningPublisher: Northwestern University Press
EAN-13: 9780810113022ISBN-10: 0-8101-1302-3
Book Description
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival isan invaluable,firsthand account of a child'ssurvival in aNazi concentration camp in Poland during World War II. When the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Thomas Toivi Blatt was twelve years old. He and his family lived in the largely Jewish town of Izbica in the Lublin district of Polandthe district that was to become the site of three major Nazi extermination camps: Belzec, Sobibor, and Majdanek. Blatt tells of the chilling events that led to his deportation to Sobibor, and of the six months he spent there before taking part in the now-famous uprising and mass breakout. Blatt's tale of escape, and of the fiveharrowing years spent eluding both the Nazis and anti-Semitic Polish nationalists, is gripping account of resilience and survival. This edition also includes the author's interview with Karl Frenzel, a former Nazi commandant at Sobibor.
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