Paperback. This is the story of two young brothers born in Germany were deported with their family to France and held in a detention camp. Two years later they were sent to Drancy and from there to Auschwitz. The brothers were shuffled between orphanages in France and Switzerland, and eventually they become separated. After the war Fred, made his way to the United States, and Menachem came to Israel. A film based on this book was awarded "Most Inspirational Movie of the Year Award", at the "Cinema for Peace", Berlin 2009. "The film based on this book received the award for "Most inspirational movie of the year" from the Cinema for Peace Foundation, Berlin 2009"--Cover page 4. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Menachem & Fred (Paperback)
Publisher: Yad Vashem Publications
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9653083988
ISBN 13: 9789653083981
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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This is the story of two young brothers born in Germany were deported with their family to France and held in a detention camp. Two years later they were sent to Drancy and from there to Auschwitz. The brothers were shuffled between orphanages in France and Switzerland, and eventually they become separated. After the war Fred, made his way to the United States, and Menachem came to Israel. A film based on this book was awarded “Most Inspirational Movie of the Year Award”, at the “Cinema for Peace”, Berlin 2009.

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Frederick Raymes was born in Germany in 1929 and immigrated to the United States in 1946 where he received his degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He served in the US Army and was employed in the US Defense Industry where he headed a program that developed the Space Shuttle. He is now an active volunteer lecturing on the Holocaust in schools, and has five grandchildren. Menachem Mayer was born in Germany in 1932 and came to Israel in 1948. After his discharge from the Israel Defense Forces, he received his doctorate in education from Hebrew University. He has been the Science Teaching Superintendent and Jerusalem District superintendent and has received many awards, including the Weizmann Institute's Amos de Shalit Prize in 1977. He has ten grandchildren.

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