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| Title: | 163256
: A Memoir of Resistance |
| Series: | (Life Writing Series) |
| Author: | Michael Englishman |
| ISBN: | 1554580099 : 9781554580095 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 110 |
| Weight: | .206 Kg. |
| Published: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press - May 2007 |
| List Price: | 11.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | The Holocaust |
This is Michael Englishman’s astonishing story of courage and resourcefulness as a Dutch Jew during World War II and its aftermath, from the Nazi occupation of Holland in 1940, through his incarceration in numerous death and labour camps, to his eventual liberation by Allied soldiers and his emigration to Canada. Surviving by his wits, Englishman escaped death time and again, committing daring acts of bravery to do what he thought was right -- helping other prisoners escape and joining the underground resistance. He refused to surrender his spirit despite the loss of his wife and his entire family to the Nazis. Englishman kept a promise he had made to a friend, and sought his friend’s children after the war. With the children’s mother, he made a new life in Canada, where he continued his resistance, tracking neo-Nazi cells and infiltrating their headquarters to destroy their files. Today, Englishman remains active, speaking out against racism and hatred.
Introduction; Growing Up Jewish in Amsterdam; Deportation; From the Burght to Vught -- and Auschwitz; The Coal Mines of Janina and the Buna Works; The Death March to Dora-Nordhausen and Building the "Secret Weapon"; Liberation; Finding the Children; Picking Up the Pieces; Canada, Here We Come!; Déjà Vu; Fighting Back by Telling the Truth; Family Reunion; March of the Living -- April 2004.
