The Seventh Miracle

by Jorge I. Klainman, Kal Wagenheim

Winter 1943. A Nazi concentration camp in Poland. A fifteen-year-old Jewish boy stands naked, shivering at the edge of a deep ditch. He and several other prisoners have been marked for death by the psychopathic camp commandant. Guards, holding machine guns, accompanied by snarling dogs, wait for the command to fire. "My mind refused to comprehend the reality of what was happening ... They were going to shoot me and burn me. I thought of my loved ones, and that soon I would be joining them...My teeth chattered so hard that my gums hurt...I reached a state of mind where I just wanted, with all my being, to get it over with....Many of the condemned prayed aloud, others looked straight ahead without seeing...One of the guards pushed me into the hole. The guards opened fire and I blanked out." More than half a century later, Jorge Klainman, who lost his family in The Holocaust, vividly depicts the horror of life, and death, in a series of Nazi camps. Yet his story is also an inspiring tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit. In many ways, it epitomizes the triumph of the Jewish people who-despite the Holocaust-have prevailed. "Many people intervened, at enormous risk to themselves, so that I could write this testimony. To me, it means that, despite everything, I have to continue believing in people, and not all is lost." The front cover shows the certificate delivered by the U.S. military to Israel (Srulek) Klainman at Ebensee Concentration Camp on the day of his liberation, May 5, 1945. The back cover is a photo of the author in the year 2000, age 72.

193 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Alex0489 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Memoar! Strongly recommend

5 star book, through out the book you can find yourself engaging with the writer's pain ,sorrow, hope and so many more emotions. I wanted to keep on reading & reading Klainman's travesías. I am glad the author decided to share his experiences with the World. I can not imagine myself surviving during that time it made reflect on life. To the author I thank you!

PS: No spanish version of the book in the USA, not even on Ebooks, It took me sometime to find a way to get the paper book in spanish, *Goodreads weren't a helpful source
*The NYPL librarian (John -AskNYPL) Was so kind, providing me with different sources including a Library in Germany Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut that might own a copy of the book.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

La reseña completa en mi blog Loca Por Los Libros !!!