Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and a Polish Resistance Fighter Beat the Odds and Found Each Other
Автор:
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, 320 стр., ISBN:
1612345689
Needle in the Bone tells the astonishing stories of a Holocaust survivor, Lou Frydman, and a Polish resistance fighter, Jarek Piekalkewicz. As mere teenagers during World War II, they defied daunting odds, lost everything and nearly everyone in the war, and yet summoned the courage to start new lives in the United States.Taken in the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Frydman survived six concentration camps and three death marches. By the wara??s end, everyone in his extended family had been killed except for his brother and himself. Piekalkewicz started his own underground army at age sixteen. In addition, one of his uncles was the main leader and another the head treasurer for the Polish Resistance before the Nazis discovered, tortured, and murdered them. Frydman and Piekalkewicz met each other in 1975 in Lawrence, Kansas. Recognizing the trauma and courage of each othera??s experiences, they became best friends, forming a lasting bond.Needle in the Bone offers insight into the Holocaust and...
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