From A Name to A Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography

Forsideomslag
AuthorHouse, 5. apr. 2007 - 240 sider

Alter Wiener's father was brutally murdered on September 11, 1939 by the German invaders of Poland. Alter was then a boy of 13. At the age of 15 he was deported to Blechhammer, a Forced Labor Camp for Jews, in Germany. He survived five camps. Upon liberation by the Russian Army on May 9, 1945, Alter weighed 80 lbs as reflected on the book's cover. Alter Wiener is one of the very few Holocaust survivors still living in Portland, Oregon. He moved to Oregon in 2000 and since then he has shared his life story with over 800 audiences (as of April, 2013) in universities, colleges, middle and high schools, Churches, Synagogues, prisons, clubs, etc. He has also been interviewed by radio and TV stations as well as the press. Wiener's autobiography is a testimony to an unfolding tragedy taking place in WWII. Its message illustrates what prejudice may lead to and how tolerance is imperative. This book is not just Wiener's life story but it reveals many responses to his story. Hopefully, it will enable many readers to truly understand such levels of horror and a chance to empathize with the unique plight of the Holocaust victims. Feel free to visit my website www.alterwiener.com for more information including links.

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PREFACE
1
ROOTS AND FAMILY IN CHRZANÓW POLAND
7
MY CHILDHOOD IN CHRZANÓW POLAND
19
PERSECUTIONDEPORTATIONINCARCERATION
31
LIBERATION FROM NAZI YOKE
58
EMIGRATION
122
SHARING MY LIFE STORY
129
MY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
168
EPILOGUE
225
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Side 175 - Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption ; and further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.
Side 140 - A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
Side 176 - I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Side 13 - If I am not for myself who will be, but if I am only for myself what am I — and not later but now.

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