Out of the depths : the story of a child of Buchenwald who returned home at last / Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau ; forewords by Shimon Peres and Elie Wiesel ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Setbon and Shira Leibowitz Schmidt.
Edition:
English-language edition.
Publisher:
Sterling Pub. :
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xvii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Translation of: Al tishlaḥ yadkha el ha-naʻar. "Originally published in hardcover in 2011 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc."--Title page verso. Includes index.
Contents:
Part 1. The knife, the fire, and the wood -- Part 2. The ram's horn.
Summary:
Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel and like many of the great rabbis, Lau is a master storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, miraculous and inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest concentration camps and how he managed to survive against all possible odds. Lau, who lost most of his family in the Holocaust, also chronicles his life after the war, including his emigration to Mandate Palestine during a period that coincides with the development of the State of Israel. The story continues up to today, with that once-lost boy of eight now a brilliant, charismatic and world-revered figure who has visited with Popes John Paul and Benedict; the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela.
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