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By Laʼu, Yiśraʼel Meʼir; Laʼu, Yiśraʼel Meʼir; Wiesel, Elie; Schmidt, Shira Leibowitz; Laʼu, Yiśraʼel Meʼir; Setbon, Jessica; Peres, Shimon

ISBN-10: 140278631X

ISBN-13: 9781402786310

ISBN-10: 1402790953

ISBN-13: 9781402790959

With a foreword by way of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel!
 
Israel Meir Lau, one of many youngest survivors of Buchenwald, used to be simply 8 years previous whilst the camp was once liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew as much as turn into leader Rabbi of Israel--and like the various nice rabbis, Lau is a grasp storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, wonderful, and encouraging account of existence in a single of the Nazis' deadliest focus camps, and the way he controlled to outlive opposed to all attainable odds.
Lau, who misplaced such a lot of his kin within the Holocaust, additionally chronicles his lifestyles after the conflict, together with his emigration to Mandate Palestine in the course of a interval that coincides with the improvement of the nation of Israel. the tale keeps up via this present day, with that once-lost boy of 8 now a super, charismatic, and world-revered determine who has visited with Popes John Paul and Benedict; the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and numerous worldwide leaders together with Ronald Reagan, invoice and Hillary Clinton, and Tony Blair.
 
 

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One of the armed Ukrainian guards happened to glance up at the women’s balcony and, out of the corner of his eye, caught sight of the jewel on the old lady’s hand. ) When the old woman did not respond, he raced upstairs, and, like a tiger attacking his prey, grabbed her shoulders with both hands and dragged her down to the floor. He stomped on her with his boots and tore the ring from her finger. That was the atmosphere in the synagogue. Our lives were not worth a penny—a ring was worth much more than we were.

Even if we don’t have weapons, we should attack them with our fingernails. I don’t think this standing around can save any of us. ” Father had just finished his sentence when the captain’s maikeh caught him on his back. As a child, I did not really understand the issue of the beard or the significance of the order to shave it, but I did understand that they were beating my father. A son cannot bear to see his father shamed, as he identifies with his heroic image. I knew my father was the town’s chief rabbi, admired and loved by all.

Then, as he recited the Tahanun prayer of supplication to God, he raised his ax and dug up the rabbi’s gravestone. The other community leaders followed suit, and after them, the community members dug up their own family tombstones. My father was the second son of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Lau and Leah Hinda. Their third son was Rabbi Ya’akov, also a leader of Lvov, who apparently met his death in the Belzec concentration camp. Their eldest sister, Chaya, my aunt, also died there. Another one of Father’s sisters was Miriam-Ethel, Aunt Metta to us children.

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