{"product_id":"a-survivor-s-duty-surviving-the-holocaust-and-fighting-for-israel-a-story-of-father-and-son-9781618117823","title":"A Survivor’s Duty: Surviving the Holocaust and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the author's attempt and duty to, in the words of Elie Wiesel, \"\"Bear witness for the dead and for the living”. Through extensive research in archives, family documents, and literature, Laufer unearthed his father’s lost biography as a slave in the Hungarian forced labor battalions and in German concentration camps, his return to Hungary, and his daring escape from Stalinist Hungary to Israel. Laufer's father's experiences mark one of the saddest points in Jewish history. The story is contrasted with his own in Israel during the Six Days War, a pinnacle in Jewish history and during the Israeli wars that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This work [is] a unique and important addition to Holocaust study and Jewish history generally. … Laufer notes in the foreword of his book how it is a ‘duty’ that ‘memories of our experiences [both of father and son] and their lessons’ be communicated ‘to our children and the generations to follow’—just as Elie Wiesel felt. As far as this reviewer is concerned, the author of \u003ci\u003eA Survivor’s Duty: Surviving the Holocaust and Fighting for Israel—A Story of Father and Son\u003c\/i\u003e has most definitely done his duty.” —Diane Cypkin, Pace University, \u003ci\u003eMartyrdom \u0026amp; Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e January\/February 2019\u003c\/p\u003e -- Diane Cypkin * Martyrdom \u0026amp; Resistance *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 1942: Imprisoned in the toloncház\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1942: Budapest\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1942: Leaving Gyula\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1942: Püspökladány, Hungary\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1942: Gomel, Ukraine\u003cbr\u003eSeptember-October 1942: When Man Becomes a Horse\u003cbr\u003eOctober-December 1942: Stary Oskol\u003cbr\u003eMay 1967: Dark Clouds over Israel\u003cbr\u003eMay-June 1967: The Six-Day War\u003cbr\u003eSummer 1967: Messianic Days (or so we thought)\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1943: Near Stalingrad\u003cbr\u003e1968-1970: The War of Attrition\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1973: The Yom Kippur War\u003cbr\u003eNovember 1944-May 1945: Dachau and Mühldorf, Germany\u003cbr\u003eMay 1945: Liberation\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1945: Home at Last\u003cbr\u003e1945-1949: Budapest\u003cbr\u003eJuly-August 1949: Escape from Hungary\u003cbr\u003eJune 1982: A War of Deception\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359755403607,"sku":"9781618117823","price":89.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618117823.jpg?v=1754125614","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-survivor-s-duty-surviving-the-holocaust-and-fighting-for-israel-a-story-of-father-and-son-9781618117823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}