false <![CDATA[A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633865m/5984399.jpg 5984399 4 Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S.to start a new life.<BR><BR>Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. A LUCKY CHILD is a book that demands to be read by all. 6158087 20 4 2009 A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy total:117|5:38|4:49|3:28|2:2|1:0| 117 474 316 48 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 12:38:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 12:57:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 02:43:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 11:02:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 04:23:16 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 04:23:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:57:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:12:37 -0700 2009 A Lucky Child is one of the more moving and amazing stories I have read in this vein. Thomas Buergenthal recounts his life...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 04 21:43:27 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:26:38 -0700 2009
Thomas and his family living in Lubochna are made to pack up and move out of their hotel, ending up in a small apartment in Zilina. Thomas's father found a job as a traveling salesman ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 05:59:41 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 13:08:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 17:40:29 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 08:33:10 -0700 2009
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What made this book different was the message of hop...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 15:01:01 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:56:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 19:03:31 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 15:41:14 -0700 2009 Written more than 60 years after the end of World War II, this is Thomas Buergenthal’s remarkable story of surviving the Jewish ghetto of Kielce, followed by 2 labor camps, Auschwitz and the death march to another camp, Sachsenhausen. He was 10 years old when he arrived at Auschwitz and was ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 05:19:04 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:38:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 10:18:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 10:21:16 -0700 2009 I'd be interested in other readers' insight/thoughts as to his conclusion that his life is a result of luck. As far as I'm ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:49:17 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:14:26 -0700 2009 1 A Lucky Child
Written By: Thomas Buergenthal
Forward By: Elie Wiesel
Published By: Little, Brown and Company an Imprint of Hachette Book Group, 2009, First Edition, 256 pages, hardcover
ISBN 978-0316043403

The Lucky Child is a poignant memoir, allowing the reader to en...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:46:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:50:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:50:15 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:56:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 20:10:43 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 18:46:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 09:02:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:05:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 14:32:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:38:15 -0800 2009 Night by Elie Wiesel, this was moving and at times hard to read, but overall a great book. I especially enjoyed the chapters dealing with his life after his liberation from the concentration camps. I loved how the Polish army took him under their wing and him finding sense in the world af...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5984399