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The survivor : how I made it through six concentration camps and became a Nazi hunter / Josef Lewkowicz with Michael Calvin.

Lewkowicz, Josef, (author.). Calvin, Mike, (author.).

Summary:

"When Nazi forces entered Kraków, Poland, in 1939, unexpected and unresisted, Josef Lewkowicz's life became a nightmare overnight as he and his family were rounded up and sent to concentration camps across German-occupied territory. It wasn't long before Josef found himself face-to-face with SS kommandant Amon Goeth, whose brutality was made infamous by the film Schindler's List. As Josef struggled to survive the violence, horror, and degradations of one prison camp after another--his journey eventually spanning continents and taking him to the limits of human endurance--he was kept alive only by his faith and his profound sense of justice. A harrowing but ultimately uplifting glimpse into a pivotal moment in history, The Survivor is the story of one man's survival and pursuit of justice against all odds. The story of resilience and tenacity, and a desire for revenge redirected as a yearning to build a better future for humanity"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400249527
  • ISBN: 140024952X
  • Physical Description: xxii, 243 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC, [2025]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / by Rabbi Naftali Schiff with Jonathan Kalmus -- Prologue: Ghosts -- Family -- End of innocence -- The last goodbye -- Desecration of the dead -- Prisoners of fate -- The light of life -- From slave to pilgrim -- The stairway of death -- The limits of kindness -- Freedom -- Betrayal -- Beginning of the end -- Crime and punishment -- Save the children -- New horizons -- Love story -- Choose life -- Survivor.
Subject: Lewkowicz, Josef.
Göth, Amon, 1908-1946.
Płaszów (Concentration camp) > Personal narratives.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Personal narratives.
Mauthausen (Concentration camp) > Personal narratives.
Melk (Concentration camp) > Personal narratives.
Ebensee (Concentration camp) > Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors > Poland > Biography.
Nazi hunters > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Poland > Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps.
Genre: Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 26 of 46 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 5 current holds with 46 total copies.
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Reidsville Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 31554012286570 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 31010000882839 Adult New Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 940.53 L (Text) 39493110132554 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library B LEWKOWICZ Lew (Text) 33630005445015 Adult Biography Available -
Bogue Banks B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 34208900242412 Adult New Biography Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library 940.5318 Lew (Text) 37807000062883 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Bunn Branch B/LEWKOWICZ (Text) 72350000126735 Adult New Biography Available -
C.B. Hildebrand Public Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 33557004699245 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Coats Public Library B LEWKOWICZ Lew (Text) 33633002176534 Adult Biography Available -
Cumberland Headquarters B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31781069055703 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dorothy Wightman Library B LEWKOWICZ, JOSEF (Text) 30372102095202 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Etowah Branch 940.5318 L (Text) 33258009642534 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Goldsboro Library B LEWIKOWICZ (Text) 900005000275681 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Haynes Branch Library B Lewkowicz (Text)
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38801102124606 Adult Biography Available -
Hope Mills Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31781069055729 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lexington Public Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 25908004451071 Adult New Biography Available -
Montgomery County Public Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 38198050024056 Adult Biography Available -
Pack Memorial Library 940.531809 LEW (Text) 0020660429331 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Pink Hill Public Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 39149008431645 Adult Biography Available -
Rourk Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31422621485241 Adult New Biography Available -
Rutherford County Library B Lewkowicz (Text)
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Steele Memorial Library B LEWIKOWICZ (Text) 900000001081596 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Thomasville Public Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 25908004452608 Adult New Biography Available -
Transylvania County Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 38079300273489 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Warren County Memorial Library B LEW (Text) 38017000341503 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Western Carteret B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 34208900243741 Adult New Biography Available -