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1 online resource (xix, 380 pages) : illustrations. |
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Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel--and like many of the great rabbis, Lau is a master storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, miraculous, and inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest concentration camps, and how he managed to survive against all possible odds. Lau, who lost most of his family in the Holocaust, also chronicles his life after the war, including his emigration to Mandate Palestine during a period that coincides with the development of the State of Israel. The story continues up through today, with that once-lost boy of eight now a brilliant, charismatic, and world-revered figure who has visited with Popes John Paul and Benedict; the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and countless global leaders including Ronald Reagan, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Tony Blair. |
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Includes index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Laʼu, Y. M. (Yiśraʼel Meʼir)
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Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
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Chief Rabbinate -- Israel -- Biography.
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Rabbis -- Israel -- Tel Aviv -- Biography.
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Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Piotrków Trybunalski -- Personal narratives.
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Rabbis -- Israel -- Biography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Jewish children in the Holocaust.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Setbon, Jessica, translator.
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Schmidt, Shira Leibowitz, translator.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Laʼu, Y. M. (Yiśraʼel Meʼir). Out of the depths New York : Sterling Publishing, c2011 9781402786310 (DLC) 2011275304 (OCoLC)707260613 |
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9781402790959 |
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1402790953 |
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