Path of hope
Titel: | Path of hope / Menachem Katz ; Translated from the Hebrew by Varda Ben Tal |
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Veröffentlicht: | New York : Yad Vashem, c2008 |
Umfang: | 213 Seiten : Illustrationen |
Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einheitssachtitel: | Bi-shevile ha-tiḳṿah |
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ISBN: | 9780981468617 |
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Menachem Katz, a Holocaust survivor form the town of Brzezany, was eyewitness to the 1943 Nazi massacre of the towns last remaining Jews who were shot one by one one at the ancient Okopisko cemetery. 18 year old, Munio, as Menachem was known, was part of a group of 300 Jewish men, marked with the letter "W", who worked for the Germany Army, the Wehrmacht. While it was thought that they would have a greater chance of survival, they were the first victims of this last deadly roundup. Munio was th only "W" person to escape and run away. This is his story of survivla.