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.
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New York : Sterling Publishing, 2011.
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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department
xix, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-369) and index.
Summary
"One of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, Israel Meir Lau was eight at the time of liberation. Decended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he became Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, one of the most respected and charismatic leaders of the Jewish faith, revered worldwide."--P. [4] of cover.