Nathan Shapow

The Boxer's Story

Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Death Camps

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A story about the horrors of the holocaust but also of hope through the redeeming power of sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 130mm x 198mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9781785905032
• ISBN-10: 1785905031
• Artikelnr.: 56873331

Autorenporträt

Nathan Shapow was born in Riga in the years of the Free Latvian Republic and survived various camps including Birkenau and Stuthoff. After the war he went to Palestine where he fought for the creation of Israel. He died on 25th June 2019 aged ninety-six.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements vi
Foreword vii
Chapter 1: Murder in the Ghetto 1
Chapter 2: A Brief Childhood 18
Chapter 3: The Soviet Occupation 33
Chapter 4: The Riga Ghetto 44
Chapter 5: Ducking, Bobbing and Weaving 58
Chapter 6: The Empty Grave 78
Chapter 7: Changing Weight 90
Chapter 8: The Freedom Fighters 98
Chapter 9: The Life and Death of Herr Harr 104
Chapter 10: Spilve 116
Chapter 11: The Cruise to Hell (Stutthof) 125
Chapter 12: Magdeburg and Liberation 141
Chapter 13: The Path to Palestine 159
Chapter 14: Hela 171
Chapter 15: Blood in the Sand 191
Chapter 16: Leaving the Front 212
Chapter 17: The New World 226
Afterword - The Son's Tale