Bedford Public Library

Survivors club, the true story of a very young prisoner of Auschwitz, Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-344)

autobiography

illustrations

no index present

Ages 10-14

non fiction

Survivors club

bibliography

Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat

the true story of a very young prisoner of Auschwitz

In 1945, in a now-famous piece of archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother?s arms. Survivors Club tells the story of how a father?s courageous wit, a mother?s fierce love, and one perfectly timed illness saved Michael?s life, and how others in his family from Zarki, Poland, dodged death at the hands of the Nazis time and again with incredible deftness. Working from his own recollections as well as extensive interviews with relatives and survivors who knew the family, Michael relates his inspirational story with the help of his daughter, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat

Remember the cup -- Bloody Monday -- The round up -- What snuck in with the laundry -- The judenrat -- Look forward -- Money talks -- Predictions from the underground -- Cousin Ruth -- Last-chance decisions -- Trapped -- The parting gift -- B-1148 -- Punishment at Auschwitz -- News from the fence -- An unexpected departure -- A lucky illness -- Visitors for Ruth -- Picture in history -- Home -- Aunt Hilda -- Ghostface -- A knock at the door -- A splash of yellow in Zarki -- Survivors club -- American dream -- At a crossroads -- All that remained -- Backyard encounter -- City of rubble -- The dark side of Munich -- The lady with the swastika necklace -- The bar mitzvah boy

juvenile