I only wanted to live : the struggle of a boy to survive the Holocaust

Tamir, Arie, 1933- author.

Book 2019

This book describes a human drama that involves decision-making in impossibly cruel circumstances, a lot of resourcefulness and the struggle to survive. The drama takes place during the Holocaust from the point of view of a child nicknamed Leosh. At age 7, the boy is swept into the whirlwind of the Holocaust. For six years, he endures all the horrors that the holocaust brings upon the Jewish people. Due to a lot of luck, resourcefulness, and with...

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