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The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
- Author
- Jeremy Dronfield
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 24 January 2019
- Run Time
- 11 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, read by John Sackville.
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.
When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.
Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells his and Fritz's story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust.
Critics Review
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An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival
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An extraordinary tale
The Times (Best Books of 2019)
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The almost unbelievable true story of Fritz Kleinman, who volunteered to follow his father, Gustav, into Auschwitz. It's a terrible and dramatic account of the humiliations and evils suffered by Jews in concentration camps and a moving testimony to the bond between fathers and sons
The Times
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The inspiring true story of Gustav and Fritz Kleinmann, an Austrian father and son who managed to survive internments in concentration camps from Buchenwald to Auschwitz. Dronfield draws extensively on Gustav's diary, allowing us inside the incredible bond between father and son that kept them together through harrowing experiences, and, like all the best narrative nonfiction, the story is both immersive and extraordinary. Deeply moving and brimming with humanity.
Guardian
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A deeply humane account. This book could not be more timely and deserves the widest possible readership
Daily Express
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An absolutely extraordinary story. It is the greatest father and son story I've ever come across in my life
Dan Snow
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Extraordinary
Observer
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We should all read this shattering book about the Holocaust. An astonishing story of the unbreakable bond between a father and a son. Brilliantly researched and written with searing clarity
Daily Mail
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An extraordinary tale of endurance and filial love. It is a miraculous story with many twists and Dronfield tells it well in an energetic and lively style
The Times
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A unique story of defiance and hope amid the genocide
Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Jeremy Dronfield
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Duration
- 11 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 January 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405940504
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- The Holocaust, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Second World War, Published diaries, letters and journals, Political oppression and persecution
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, read by John Sackville. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells his and Fritz's story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust.
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