Author: Jeremy Dronfield
- Non-Fiction
- Planeta Publishing Co.
- ISBN: 9786070760655
- Release Date: 09-10-2019
Synopsis
En 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, un tapicero jud o de Viena, fue capturado por los nazis. Junto a Fritz, su hijo adolescente, fueron mandados al campo de Buchenwald, en Alemania. Empieza as una desgarradora historia en la que sus protagonistas ser n v ctimas del hambre y de las palizas, mientras participan como mano de obra en la construcci n del mismo campo de concentraci n en el que permanecer n cautivos.
Cuando Gustav reciba la noticia de su traslado a Auschwitz, una segura sentencia de muerte, su hijo Fritz har todo lo posible por no separarse de su padre y seguirlo hasta Polonia. Ante el horror cotidiano del que ser n testigos, solo una fuerza les mantendr con vida: el amor entre un padre y su hijo.
Basado en el diario secreto que Gustav escribi durante los seis a os de cautiverio, as como en entrevistas con miembros de la familia y supervivientes, este libro emerge como un extraordinario relato de coraje, lealtad y supervivencia. Basado en una historia real.
Vienna, 1930s. The Kleinmann family live a simple, ordinary life. Gustav works as a furniture upholsterer while Tini keeps their modest apartment. Their greatest joy is their children: Fritz, Edith, Herta and Kurt.
But after the Nazis annex Austria, the Kleinmanns' world rapidly shifts before their eyes. Neighbours turn on them, the business is seized, as the threat to the family becomes ever greater.
Gustav and Fritz are among the first to be taken. Nazi police send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany, the beginning of an unimaginable ordeal. Over the months of suffering that follow, there is one constant that keeps them alive: the love between father and son.
Then, they discover that Gustav will be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, and Fritz is faced with a choice: let his father to die alone, or join him...
Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archival research, this book tells the Kleinemanns' story for the first time - a story of love and courage in the face of unparalleled horrors. The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz is a reminder of the worst and the best of humanity, of the strength of family ties and the human spirit.
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