The letters of chai add up to 18. David Wolnerman told Dr. Mengele, “I am 18”, his tattoo 160344, adds up to 18, and he was liberated when he was 18. This book is based on a lucky lie and the power of 18.
Fred Lorber was a 15-year-old living in Vienna when his father was arrested by the Nazis. Through her persistence, his mother is able to get his father released and get visas for the whole family to escape to the U.S.
Roman Frayman was very young when he was hidden at a work camp by his parents. He was then hidden again, placed under the care of a neighbor, while his mother hid in a coal bin in a basement.
Sammy's parents were convinced the next stop, a concentration camp, would be a horrible experience, so they encouraged young Sammy to run and hide with his sisters. The children’s survival was nothing short of miraculous.
During a five year period, David was put into five different concentration camps where he was starved, beaten and was witness to many horrible acts of brutality. David managed to survive one of the deadliest concentration camps in Germany, Auschwitz.
Read how Frances survived the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Stutthof, the freezing waters of the Baltic Sea, Nuestadt and the gas chambers. Frances was about to be gassed when British soldiers liberated her camp!
When Paul’s unit entered the city of Nordhousen, he saw firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust. He vowed then and there he would never complain again. He knew he had a blessed life in America.
Young Ralph Troll had a wonderful life in Germany with a loving family. His mother was Jewish and his father was Christian. Because of the Nazi’s hatred of the Jews, his mother was taken from her home and transported to a concentration camp.
