My Hometown Concentration Camp: A Survivor's Account to Life in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow Concentration Camp (Library of Holocaust Testimonies) - Softcover

Offen, Bernard; Jacobs, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853036365 ISBN 13: 9780853036364

Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell, 2008

Synopsis

My Hometown Concentration Camp tells the story of the young Bernard Offen's endurance and survival of the Krak�������³w Ghetto and five concentration camps, including Plasz�������³w and Auschwitz-Birkenau, until his liberation near Dachau by American troops in 1945. The author tells of his experiences in the ghetto and camps and how he set out, after the war, in search of his brothers, eventually finding them in Italy with the Polish Army. Having returned to the United States, Bernard Offen was drafted into the US Army to serve in the Korean War. After the war, he founded his own business and built a family, both helping to restore a sense of normality to his life. This was the start of his own unique process of healing that led, ultimately, to his retirement and decision to dedicate his life to educating audiences around the world about his experiences during the Holocaust. Bernard Offen's story recounts his one-man journey across America, Europe, Israel, and back to his native Poland, and his development as a filmmaker, educator, and healer. My Hometown Concentration Camp will touch readers through the strength of the author's self-determination to attempt to confront and conquer the traumatic experiences he witnessed as a young man.

About this title

About the Author

Norman Jacobs was educational director of Taminent Institute, which sponsored the conference for which these papers were originally given.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0853036365
• ISBN 13: 9780853036364
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 133