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Thomas Buergenthal, now a judge on the International Court of Justice, chronicles his harrowing childhood as a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. Separated from his mother and father, the 10‑year‑old boy endured two ghettos, a labor camp, and the horrors of Auschwitz. With wit and fortuitous luck, he managed to survive alone. Nearly two years after liberation, he was miraculously reunited with his mother. In 1951, he emigrated to the United States to rebuild his life. Buergenthal’s candid narrative highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship and his post‑war dedication to fighting tyranny worldwide.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Thomas Buergenthal
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