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Author Bergren, Barbara S.

Title Witness for my father : a World War II story of loss, hope, and discovery / Barbara S. Bergren.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Sandkey Press, 2020.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  B WEIGEN    Check Shelf
Description viii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary "Martin Weigen was eleven when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Starachowice, Poland. He survived the death march from Auschwitz, imprisonment at Buchenwald, and the deaths of his family before his liberation at Dachau and the decision that changed the course of his life. He never spoke of it. Fifty years later, a surprise telephone call opens the door to Martin's past, sparking a series of events that reignited memories of courage, fear, impassible chance, harrowing escapes, and the unexpected friendship between a young Holocaust survivor and an African-American lieutenant. Witness For My Father, as told by the author, Martin's daughter, is a story of devastating loss, but also one of hope, heroism, and the triumph of human kindness."--Cover, page [4]
Subject Weigen, Martin.
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Fathers and daughters -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945.
Loss (Psychology)
African American soldiers -- Germany -- Biography.
Friendship.
Kindness.
African American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00799366
Fathers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst00921890
Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
Holocaust, Jewish. (OCoLC)fst01353232
Holocaust survivors. (OCoLC)fst00958838
Kindness. (OCoLC)fst00987598
Loss (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01002621
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
Occupation of Poland (Poland : 1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01353902
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
ISBN 9781734244403 (paperback)
1734244402 (paperback)
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