Europa, Europa

by Solomon Perel

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

940.5318 PER

Collection

Publication

New York: John Wiley

Description

The Inspiration Behind The Golden Globe --Winning Film ""An engrossing and memorable tale.""Jewish Book World ""The sheer emotion of telling the tale is palpable. The whole is moving, and strange beyond belief."" --The Times (London) International acclaim for Solomon Perel's Europa Europa ""The wrenching memoir of a young man who survived the Holocaust by concealing his Jewish identity and finding unexpected refuge as a member of the Hitler Youth. ""It is a Holocaust memoir that is moving, straightforward, and quite completely bizarre, unsettling in all kinds of assumptions about identity, responsibility, and guilt."" --Glasgow Herald ""Perel bares his soul to readers in this fascinating, unusual personal narrative of the Holocaust."" --Book Report ""Many of the experiences of Holocaust survivors are incredible. None is more incredible than the story of a Jewish boy, Solomon Perel, who escaped from Germany to Russia, served with the Wehrmacht in Russia, was adopted by his commanding officer, and transferred to an elite Hitler Youth school."" --London Jewish News ""A most remarkable story . . . extraordinary."" --The Australian ""This book will move human hearts."" --Berliner Morgenpost… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member borhap
I got to know the author when he gave a speech about his life in my highschool.
If I hadn't heard him speak in person about it, I wouldn't believe the experiences he made in the Third Reich, so incredible is his struggle for survival as a Jew in a Nazi society!
Highly recommendable!

Language

Original language

German

Original publication date

1990

Physical description

xii, 217 p.; 22 cm

ISBN

0471283649 / 9780471283645

Local notes

Donated by David Rosalky May 2023

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