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A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy / Thomas Buergenthal ; foreword by Elie Wiesel.

by Buergenthal, Thomas.

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New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

Buergenthal, Thomas -- Childhood and youth.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.

Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography.

9780316043397 (pbk.)

0316043397 (pbk.)

xix, 230, 20 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21cm.

First Back Bay paperback edition.

From Lubochna to Poland -- Katowice -- The ghetto of Kielce -- Auschwitz -- The Auschwitz death transport -- Liberation -- Into the Polish Army -- Waiting to be found -- A new beginning -- Life in Germany -- To America -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Reading group guide.

"Thomas Buergenthal was not quite six years old when he and his parents were forced into a Jewish ghetto in Poland. Four years later, they were placed on a train bound for Auschwitz, where Thomas was separated from his family. Alone, ten-year-old Thomas managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive Auschwitz and the infamous death march. Filled with the stirring and true insights of a child, this acclaimed memoir conveys the sheer force of will and determination that even the youngest victims of the Holocaust evinced. From teaching himself to ride a bike belonging to an SS officer to sneaking a heavenly sip of milk, Buergenthal demonstrates that beauty can abide in the face of the greatest adversity. A lucky child is a compelling reminder of the power of grace and the resilience of the human spirit."--p. [4] of cover.

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