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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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Coats Public Library B LEWKOWICZ Lew (Text) 33633002176534 Adult Biography Available -
Columbus Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31250200091872 Adult New Biography Checked out 05/08/2025
Cumberland Headquarters B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31781069055703 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Denton Public Library B Lewkowicz (Text) 25908004452681 Adult New Biography Checked out 04/30/2025
Dorothy Wightman Library B LEWKOWICZ, JOSEF (Text) 30372102095202 Adult Nonfiction Available -
East Regional Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31781069055737 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 05/15/2025
Enka-Candler Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 0020660436963 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 05/13/2025
Etowah Branch 940.5318 L (Text) 33258009642534 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Forsyth Central 940.531 L 2025 (Text) 0112523567029 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 05/01/2025
G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library B LEWKOWICZ (Text) 31420621492712 Adult New Biography Checked out 05/06/2025