| Description |
xii, 283 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, color map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him from his hometown of Dej, Hungary, to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, the harshest, cruellest camp in the Reich. After ten months in the granite mines of Mauthausen's nearby sub-camp, Gusen, he weighed less than 80lbs. Somehow surviving the relentless horrors of these two brutal camps, as Allied forces drew near Dave was forced to join a death march to Gunskirchen Concentration Camp, over thirty miles away. Soon after the start of the march, and more dead than alive, Dave summoned a burst of energy he did not know he had and escaped. Quickly recaptured, he managed to avoid being killed by the guards. Put on another death march a few days later, he achieved the impossible: he escaped again. |
| Subject |
Hersch, David, 1925-2001.
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Holocaust survivors -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Death march survivors -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Jews -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Personal narratives.
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Death marches -- Austria -- Upper Austria.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
9781526740229 (hardback) |
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1526740222 (hardback) |
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