Thomas Geve

Broschiertes Buch

The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz

A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival

Mitarbeit: Inglefield, Charlie

Beschreibung

â We felt an urge to document what we had witnessed. If we who had experienced it, I reasoned, did not reveal the bitter truth, people simply would not believe the extent of the Nazisâ evil. I wanted to share our life, the events and our struggle to survive.â

Autor

Thomas Geve was born in 1929 in Germany. From 1933 onwards, Thomas and his family felt the full force of Nazi persecution. After years of constant danger and hardship, he and his mother were arrested and transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June 1943.Twenty-two months later Thomas was liberated, and after a period of recuperation, he was reunited with his father in London. After completing his studies and graduating with an engineering degree, Thomas moved to Israel in July 1950, raised a family and now lives peacefully in retirement. Charlie Inglefield is a published writer based in Zug, Switzerland. Charlie began his career in London working in the financial sector before moving to Australia where he held senior positions in business intelligence and healthcare before moving to Switzerland in 2011 with his family. He is a graduate of Solent University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 204926
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 128mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780008406394
• ISBN-10: 0008406391
• Artikelnr.: 61316460

Rezensionen

'A stunning and profoundly moving book.'
James Holland, historian and bestselling author of Normandy ' 44

'His [Thomas's] powerful voice and the drawings that illuminate his experiences show what can be learned from tragedy, and how the future can be better than the past.'
Esther Gilbert, Holocaust historian and Trustee of the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre