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Leap Into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe

by Bretholz, Leo; Olesker, Michael | PB | Good
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ...
Binding
Paperback
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ISBN
9780385497053

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385497059
ISBN-13
9780385497053
eBay Product ID (ePID)
394220

Product Key Features

Book Title
Leap Into Darkness : Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, People & Places / Europe, Jewish Studies
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Leo Bretholz, Michael Olesker
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-031373
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Harrowing...In the midst of many improbable escapes, there is also a sense of almost exhilarating determination." -- Publishers Weekly "Riveting--a fascinating and moving piece of history." -- Library Journal "No one can read [this] history without realizing--the remarkable courage of individuals, and the tremendous importance of stories such as this being published for all to read." --Sir Marin Gilbert, author of The Holocaust "This loving and lovely memoir should be read by everyone interested in the daily lives of young Jews caught in the Holocaust. Leo Bretholz's story grabs you, and it won't shake when you've finished the book." --Deborah Dwork, coauthor of Auschwitz: 1270 to Present "This memoir is that rarest of all survivors: a man who jumped from a train on his way to a death camp. The reader is with Bretholz at every step, following with mounting tension his struggle to escape." --Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews, "Harrowing...In the midst of many improbable escapes, there is also a sense of almost exhilarating determination." --Publishers Weekly "Riveting--a fascinating and moving piece of history." --Library Journal "No one can read [this] history without realizing--the remarkable courage of individuals, and the tremendous importance of stories such as this being published for all to read." --Sir Marin Gilbert, author ofThe Holocaust "This loving and lovely memoir should be read by everyone interested in the daily lives of young Jews caught in the Holocaust. Leo Bretholz's story grabs you, and it won't shake when you've finished the book." --Deborah Dwork, coauthor ofAuschwitz: 1270 to Present "This memoir is that rarest of all survivors: a man who jumped from a train on his way to a death camp. The reader is with Bretholz at every step, following with mounting tension his struggle to escape." --Raul Hilberg, author ofThe Destruction of the European Jews
Dewey Decimal
940.5/482/436
Synopsis
A harrowing, action-packed account of the author's series of audacious escapes from the Nazis' Final Solution--"riveting...a fascinating and moving piece of history" ( Library Journal ). Young Leo Bretholz survived the Holocaust by escaping from the Nazis (and others) not once, but seven times during his almost seven-year ordeal crisscrossing war-torn Europe. He leaped from trains, outran police, and hid in attics, cellars, anywhere that offered a few more seconds of safety. First he swam the River Sauer at the German-Belgian border. Later he climbed the Alps on feet so battered they froze to his socks--only to be turned back at the Swiss border. He crawled out from under the barbed wire of a French holding camp, and hid in a village in the Pyrenees while gendarmes searched it. And in the dark hours of one November morning, he escaped from a train bound for Auschwitz. Leap into Darkness is the sweeping memoir of one Jewish boy's survival, and of the family and the world he left behind.
LC Classification Number
DS135.A93B74 1999b

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  • by jwh2634
    17 Feb, 2017

    Holocaust Escape Story

    This is a SUPERB book, especially for boys, about a teenager who escaped from a train bound for Auschwitz. It's entirely true -- I once met the author, and it is his autobiography. Sadly, he died last year. He escaped not once, but SEVEN times, before he joined the French Resistance for the rest of WW II. He emigrated to the USA, to Baltimore, and opened a book store, where he told his story to a reporter who insisted that they write it for posterity. The book is exciting -- fascinating to read how a young man was clever enough, with help of course, to avoid the Nazi authorities for so long and live to tell about it. I thoroughly recommend this book!

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