Abe's Story: A Holocaust MemoirFor modern readers--both familiar with or new to Holocaust narratives--this haunting, personal memoir of Abram Korn, who was 16 when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Lipno, Poland, on September 1, 1939, is an astounding story of hope and of the human potential to do good in the face of horrible evil. Photos. Map & timeline. |
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Abe's Abram Danziger Aggie American army arrived asked assigned Auschwitz barracks began Birkenau black market bodies Brandscheid bread Buchenwald Camp Hardt Chaim Arnavi clothes concentration camps death Ellie escape Ester extra eyes face father fear feel felt finally forced friends gates gave Gemeinde girl Glickman Gross-Rosen Gucia heart Herr Blum Herr Sträter Holocaust hope human hungry Jewish Jews Judenrat Kajtek Kapo knew Korn Krosniewice Kutno Ghetto later learned liberated Lipno live loaf looked marched morning Nazis Nazis ordered never night Nuremberg Laws Ostrowy parents Platzblatt Poland Polish prisoners punishment Ravensbruck returned Rozia Russian Schweitzer sent shoes Simek sisters smile soldiers Sonderkommando soon soup SS guards SS officer stay story survived talk thought told took train underground Volkssturm waiting walked wanted Warsaw Warsaw Ghetto uprising week Wetzlar Wloclawek Yichus zloty Zosia