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The Resource The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield

The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield

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"In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was arrested by the Nazis. Along with his 16-year old son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany, where a new concentration camp was being built. It was the beginning of a six-year odyssey almost without parallel. They helped build Buchenwald, young Fritz learning construction skills which would help preserve him from extermination in the coming years. But it was his bond with his father that would ultimately keep them both alive. When the 50-year old Gustav was transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz was determined to go with him. His wiser friends tried to dissuade him--'If you want to keep living, you have to forget your father,' they said. But that was impossible, and Fritz pleaded for a place on the Auschwitz transport. 'He is a true comrade,' Gustav wrote in his secret diary, 'always at my side. The boy is my greatest joy. We are inseparable.' Gustav kept his diary hidden throughout his six years in the death camps--even Fritz knew nothing of it. In it he recorded his story, a tale of survival and a father-son bond which proved stronger than the machine that sought to break them both"--provided by publisher
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eng
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First edition.
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x, 388 pages
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9781613739631
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The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz
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The stone crusher
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the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz
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Jeremy Dronfield
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stone crusher
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the true story of a father and sons fight for survival in Auschwitz
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Language
eng
Summary
"In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was arrested by the Nazis. Along with his 16-year old son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany, where a new concentration camp was being built. It was the beginning of a six-year odyssey almost without parallel. They helped build Buchenwald, young Fritz learning construction skills which would help preserve him from extermination in the coming years. But it was his bond with his father that would ultimately keep them both alive. When the 50-year old Gustav was transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz was determined to go with him. His wiser friends tried to dissuade him--'If you want to keep living, you have to forget your father,' they said. But that was impossible, and Fritz pleaded for a place on the Auschwitz transport. 'He is a true comrade,' Gustav wrote in his secret diary, 'always at my side. The boy is my greatest joy. We are inseparable.' Gustav kept his diary hidden throughout his six years in the death camps--even Fritz knew nothing of it. In it he recorded his story, a tale of survival and a father-son bond which proved stronger than the machine that sought to break them both"--provided by publisher
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individual biography
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10680827
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Dronfield, Jeremy
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940.53/18092243613aB
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non fiction
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  • Kleinmann, Gustav
  • Kleinmann, Fritz
  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
  • Jews
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz
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The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield
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24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 388 pages
Isbn
9781613739631
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(hb)
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2018005240
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)1005203792
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The stone crusher : the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 388 pages
Isbn
9781613739631
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2018005240
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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(OCoLC)1005203792

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