Memoirs of a Child Holocaust Survivor by A.M. Fox was incredibly touching, but with a caveat.

I almost didn't read the book after the introduction, but I kept on and am glad that I did.

Mr. Fox's story, as told by his spouse, is so relevant in today's world because as the survivors have passed away, it seems that our world, especially in America, we have forgotten the atrocities that happened. We need a reminder of what people are capable of and the resilience of the survivors of the Concentration Camps to stop this from happening again.

We live through his tragedies and ultimately his triumph of overcoming what happened to him and his family to start anew.

Memoirs of A Child Holocaust Survivor: Living Without Hatred was written by A. M. Fox, on behalf of her Polish Jewish husband Harry who survived incomprehensible horrors as a child (political!) prisoner at Czestochova, Buchenwald, Dora, Nordhausen and Hertzung. His father died at Nordhausen. Dozens of other family members died or were murdered except for Harry and his younger brother, Jona, and a cousin. After miraculously surviving the camps, the brothers were forced on a death march and taken to Theresienstadt Camp where they finally liberated. They and other "Boys" were taken to England where they were treated with care. Harry even met British royalty later!

The author describes Harry's energetic childhood, school, his loving parents Jossel and Ruchel, and siblings. Though antisemitism always simmered, it worsened drastically one night when Nazis arrived and ordered everyone in their small community to leave in two hours or be shot. Their lives changed forever that day. First came forced labour then worse.

Photographs add a personal poignant and tragic layer. It is difficult to see smiling faces, carefree life, love and loyalty knowing most of them...real people...would brutally suffer and die at the hands of evil. The hatred for the innocents is impossible to fathom.

Harry traveled to Auschwitz in 2011 on a March of the Living and to Treblinka in 2012 on another March of the Living. Though he endured what most of us cannot even contemplate, he always, always chose life. This book is supremely important and I am grateful it was written. I like that his wife honoured him this way. Her story is very interesting as well! Her impactful writing gripped me and in spite of deep sorrow and tragedy, there is no self pity in her words. An incredible book!

Every so often, it is a good reminder for me to read a Holocaust book that once again reminds me how fortunate I was and am today.

This memoir written by the wife, a former nun, of the main character, is a tale of the sorrow, the fear, and the ability of the human spirit to survive and overcome the worst the world has to offer. This is a story of a nine year old Jewish boy living in Poland before and during the Nazi war years. For this young man living a good life he eventually experienced the loss of his family, friends, and also the traditions that carried back hundreds of years. He went through hell but came through a resilient boy who eventually was rescued and brought to England through the behest of King George V!.

He and his brother were the only living members of their family, the memoir tells of his life in Poland, in the camps, in England, his ability to rediscover life and eventually even discovering he had one other cousin who survived.

Lovingly written by stories from her husband we see life in Poland, life in the camps, and life after being recused. It is a tale of sadness and yet there is joy in this man's life. His memories was the fuel behind this book.