Description
Sam Pivnik's life story is a classic testimony of Holocaust survival. In 1939, on his thirteenth birthday, Sam Pivnik's life changed forever when the Nazis invaded Poland. He survived the two ghettoes set up in his home town of Bedzin and six months on Auschwitz's notorious Rampkommando where prisoners were either taken away for entry to the camp or gassing. After this harrowing experience he was sent to work at the brutal Furstengrube mining camp. He could have died on the 'Death March' that took him west as the Third Reich collapsed and he was one of only a handful of people who swam to safety when the Royal Air Force sank the prison ship Cap Arcona, in 1945, mistakenly believing it to be carrying fleeing members of the SS. Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds.
Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds.
About the Author
Sam Pivnik was born on 1 September 1926 in Bedzin, in South-western Poland, near the border with Germany. In 1943 the family were sent to Auschwitz II/Birkenau where Sam's father and mother, his two sisters and his three younger brothers were murdered. He built a life as a respected art dealer in London after the war and now shares his memories with a wider public through lectures and talks.
Reviews
'This vivid memoir'. * Peter Condradi, Sunday Times *
Sixty-seven years after the end of the war, by which point the extent of Hitler's death camps have been fully exposed, we've heard it all before, read the book, seen the movie. Yet we haven't. That's the thing about human stories: each is unique. Sam's is remarkable. Not just the death camps, but his escape from them. And that he could build a life afterwards. * The Big Issue *
'The tale is frank, brutal and horrifying...The fear seems real, and smells real'. * Good Book Guide *
Powerful, absorbing and - tragically - entirely truthful, Hollocaust survivor Sam Pivnik is a remarkable storyteller. -- Daniel Wittenberg * Ham & High *
Frank, brutal and horrifying. * The Good Book Guide *
Book Information
ISBN 9781444758399
Author Sam Pivnik
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 238g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 164mm * 23mm
Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds.
About the Author
Sam Pivnik was born on 1 September 1926 in Bedzin, in South-western Poland, near the border with Germany. In 1943 the family were sent to Auschwitz II/Birkenau where Sam's father and mother, his two sisters and his three younger brothers were murdered. He built a life as a respected art dealer in London after the war and now shares his memories with a wider public through lectures and talks.
Reviews
'This vivid memoir'. * Peter Condradi, Sunday Times *
Sixty-seven years after the end of the war, by which point the extent of Hitler's death camps have been fully exposed, we've heard it all before, read the book, seen the movie. Yet we haven't. That's the thing about human stories: each is unique. Sam's is remarkable. Not just the death camps, but his escape from them. And that he could build a life afterwards. * The Big Issue *
'The tale is frank, brutal and horrifying...The fear seems real, and smells real'. * Good Book Guide *
Powerful, absorbing and - tragically - entirely truthful, Hollocaust survivor Sam Pivnik is a remarkable storyteller. -- Daniel Wittenberg * Ham & High *
Frank, brutal and horrifying. * The Good Book Guide *
Book Information
ISBN 9781444758399
Author Sam Pivnik
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 238g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 164mm * 23mm
