From Broken Glass: Finding Hope in Hitler's Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation Contributor(s): Ross, Steve (Author), Frank, Glenn (With), Wallace, Brian (With) |
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ISBN: 0316513091 ISBN-13: 9780316513098 Publisher: Hachette Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Holocaust - History | Jewish - General |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8" L (0.50 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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Publisher Description: From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair. Ross was eight years old when the Nazis invaded his Polish village, forcing his family to flee. He spent his next six years in a day-to-day struggle to survive the notorious camps in which he was imprisoned, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau among them. When he was finally liberated, he no longer knew how old he was, he was literally starving to death, and everyone in his family except for his brother had been killed. Ross learned in his darkest experiences--by observing and enduring inconceivable cruelty as well as by receiving compassion from caring fellow prisoners--the human capacity to rise above even the bleakest circumstances. He decided to devote himself to underprivileged youth, aiming to ensure that despite the obstacles in their lives they would never experience suffering like he had. Over the course of a nearly forty-year career as a psychologist working in the Boston city schools, that was exactly what he did. At the end of his career, he spearheaded the creation of the New England Holocaust Memorial, a site millions of people including young students visit every year. Equal parts heartrending, brutal, and inspiring, From Broken Glass is the story of how one man survived the unimaginable and helped lead a new generation to forge a more compassionate world. |
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