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Chargement... A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy (édition 2009)par Thomas Buergenthal (Auteur), Elie Wiesel (Avant-propos)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. En fantastisk livshistoria från gettot i Kielce, koncentrationslägren i Auschwitz och Sachsenhausen, polska armén som pojksoldat, barnhem i Otwock (Polen) till friheten och återföreningen med modern i Göttingen och slutligen emigration till USA, där han blir professor i internationell rätt med mänskliga rättigheter som specialitet. Boken har översatts av hans domarkollega Krister Thelin vid Internationella domstolen i Haag. Att boken är skriven ett halvt sekel efter de fruktansvärda upplevelser som skildras, gör att texten förmedlar en viss distans och överblick. 5091. A Lucky Child A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy, by Thomas Buergenthal (read 24 Nov 2013) The author was born May 11, 1934 in Czechoslovakia. In August 1944 he and his parents were taken to Auschwitz and this book is an account of his time before and during that period in the concentration camp, where he was separated from his parents and managed, just barely, to survive and finally, on Dec 29, 1946, was reunited with his mother. The story is told matter-of-fact-ly and one has to agree that he was lucky to live and in 1951 he came to the USA where he went to law school, married, and has done important work for human rights. I found the account engrossing and full of interest. A los diez años ya había sobrevivido a dos guetos, el campo de exterminio de Auschwitz y el de Sachsenhausen, y a la terrible «marcha de la muerte» de 1945. El número tatuado en su brazo B-2930 forma parte de su vida. «No me quiero borrar el número. Nunca quise. Es parte de mi vida, es mi identidad.» La vida de Thomas Buergenthal, «el juez que fue víctima», ha sido un duro camino desde que nació en 1934, de padres judíos alemanes, hasta convertirse en juez de la Corte Internacional de Justicia en el año 2000. Entre estas dos fechas, sobrevivió a los campos nazis, se educó en Estados Unidos y se dedicó al derecho internacional y a la defensa de los derechos humanos. Su autobiografía es un claro homenaje a las poderosas palabras de su padre: «No desesperar bajo ningún concepto». El pequeño Buergenthal hace suyas estas palabras y conserva, con inmensa voluntad de sobrevivir, su vida y sus principios, sin sucumbir a la tentación del odio ni al cinismo. Los campos de exterminio no sólo no lo quebraron, sino que lo convirtieron en una persona que buscará siempre la justicia y el respeto de los derechos humanos. Un niño afortunado es una obra de una humanidad, lucidez, ternura y tolerancia excepcionales. Sus reflexiones sobre las circunstancias que permitieron su supervivencia son de una calidad humana extraordinaria.
Et lykkebarn Gutten som overlevde Holocaust og ble dommer i Haag"Thomas Buergenthals liv fra han var syv til elleve år gammel kunne ikke vært mer dramatisk. [...] en svært tilgjengelig bok." – Sten Inge Jørgensen, VG, terningkast 5 10 år gammel hadde Thomas Buergenthal overlevd to polske ghettoer, Auschwitz og dødsmarsjen til Sachsenhausen. Odd Nansen berget livet hans i krigens siste dager. Dette er erindringer fra en barndom som brått ble forvandlet fra idyll til ghettoer og konsentrasjonsleire. Men det er også den gripende historien om gjenforeningen med moren og letingen etter redningsmannen Odd Nansen etter krigen. Vesle «Tommy» ble kjent for tusenvis av norske lesere gjennom Nansens bestselgende dagbok, og det ble et folkekrav i Norge å få vite hvordan det hadde gått med gutten. Erfaringene fra nazistenes folkemord og vennskapet med Odd Nansen ledet Thomas Buergenthal dit han er idag – til stillingen som dommer i Den internasjonale domstolen i Haag. Presse"Oppmuntrende selvbiografi fra et barn som overlevde Holocaust. [...] Den mest verdifulle dimensjonen i Buergenthals fremstilling er insisteringen på ærlighet og optimisme selv i en slik grufull kontekst. [...] Avslutningsvis leverer han krystallklare argumenter for at verden tross alt kan bevege seg fremover." – Sten Inge Jørgensen, VG, terningkast 5 "I´ve never read a holocaust memoir like this. The description of horrors is unflinching, yet full of wry insights into human character and underlying everything is an extraordinary generosity of spirit. But it is also the insights that Buergenthal brings from his work as a distinguished human rights lawyer that make the book quite remarkable. I´ve seldom been so fired up about a book – as we all are." – Andrew Franklin, Profile Books Appartient à la série éditorialeGallimard, Folio (5332) Prix et récompenses
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir. Arriving at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp, he became separated first from his mother and then his father but managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)940.5318092History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Social, political, economic history; Holocaust Holocaust History, geographic treatment, biography Holocaust victims biographies and autobiographiesClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Pros: Thoughtful and thought provoking, A Lucky Child offers readers a personal story with a universal study of humanity's best (and ugliest) moments.
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