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Treblinka: A Survivor´s Memory
Chil Rajchman
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Description for Treblinka: A Survivor´s Memory
Paperback. A devastating account of Treblinka by one of the camp's few survivors. Translator(s): Beinfeld, Solon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Chil Rajchman, a Polish Jew, was arrested with his younger sister in 1942 and sent to Treblinka, a death camp where more than 750,000 were murdered before it was abandoned by German soldiers. His sister was sent to the gas chambers, but Rajchman escaped execution, working for ten months under incessant threats and beatings as a barber, a clothes-sorter, a corpse-carrier, a puller of teeth from those same bodies. In August 1943, there was an uprising at the camp, and Rajchman was among the handful of men who managed to escape. In 1945, he set down this account, a plain, ... Read more
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Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
138g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849163996
SKU
V9781849163996
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99-50
About Chil Rajchman
Chil Rajchman was born in Lodz in Poland, and was an active member of his Jewish community. After the Treblinka trials he emigrated to Uruguay, where he died in 2004.
Reviews for Treblinka: A Survivor´s Memory
'His 96-page memoir, translated from the original Yiddish, has a powerful immediacy' Martin Gilbert, The Times.
The Times
'The small details, both poignant and horrific, leave a mark, which is as it should be' The Irish Examiner.
Irish Examiner
'This is one of the most horrific books I have read, and I found it impossible to ... Read more
The Times
'The small details, both poignant and horrific, leave a mark, which is as it should be' The Irish Examiner.
Irish Examiner
'This is one of the most horrific books I have read, and I found it impossible to ... Read more