Bøger af Manny Steinberg

Outcry - Holocaust Memoirs, a profoundly moving autobiography Manny Steinberg (1925-2015) spent his teens in Nazi camps in Germany and Poland, miraculously surviving while millions perished. This is his story.Born in 1925 in the Jewish ghetto in Radom (Poland), Manny Steinberg soon realized that people of Jewish faith were increasingly being regarded as outsiders. When the Nazis invaded in September 1939 the nightmare started. The city's Jewish population had no chance of escaping and was faced with starvation, torture, sexual abuse and ultimately deportation.Outcry is the candid account of a teenager who survived four Nazi camps: Dachau, Auschwitz, Vaihingen and Neckagerach. While being subjected to torture and degradation, he agonized over two haunting questions: "Why the Jews?" and "How can the world let this happen?" These questions remain hard to answer.Manny Steinberg's brother Stanley had jumped off the cattle wagon on the way to the extermination camp where his mother and younger brother were to perish. Desperately lonely and hungry, Stanley stood outside the compound hoping to catch a glimpse of Manny and their father. Once he discovered that they were among the prisoners, he turned himself in. The days were marked by hunger, cold, hard labor, and fear. Knowing that other members of the family were in the same camp kept them alive. Since acknowledging each other would have meant death, they pretended to be complete strangers.The author relates how he was served human flesh and was forced to shave the heads of female corpses and pull out their teeth. Cherishing a picture of his beloved mother in his wooden shoe, he miraculously survived the terror of the German concentration camps together with his father and brother.When the Americans arrived in April 1945, Manny Steinberg was little more than a living skeleton, with several broken ribs and suffering from a serious lung condition, wearing only a dirty, ragged blanket.This autobiography was written to fulfill a promise Steinberg made to himself during his first days of freedom. By publishing these Holocaust memoirs, the author wants to ensure that the world never forgets what happened during WWII. The narrative is personal, unencumbered and direct.Outcry touches the reader with its directness and simplicity. The story is told through the eyes of an old man forcing himself to relive years of intense suffering. It is an account of human cruelty, but also a testimony to the power of love and hope.Memoirs worthy of being adapted for the big screen."I read this book with a very heavy heart and tears running down my face. For Manny's endurance and his brother Stanley to be so tested is truly a testament to life!""Very well written as it goes straight to the reader's heart!""Manny Steinberg shares his extraordinary teenage story of surviving four concentration camps in an account noteworthy for its straightforward, unencumbered narrative. His is a story almost everyone can imagine happening to themselves - no less harrowing than more dramatic renditions of Holocaust survival, but somehow more compelling, and universal, for the unembellished simplicity of his style.""Manny's story is told so well and his perseverance is so strong that you are uplifted and reminded of the strength of the human spirit."

Manny Steinberg passò la sua adolescenza in quattro campi di concentramento tra la Polonia e la Germania, sopravvivendo per più di cinque anni in condizione fisiche e mentali estreme. Il Grido di Protesta racconta la sua storia e rappresenta una testimonianza fondamentale di quello che fu uno dei più dolorosi episodi della storia umana. Con una prosa semplice e schietta, Steinberg racconta di come la sua giovinezza venne improvvisamente interrotta nel 1939, all'età di appena 14 anni, quando assieme alla sua famiglia venne deportato in un campo di concentramento nazista e fu costretto a subire tremendi ed interminabili soprusi. I ricordi sono espressi con estrema lucidità e le parole diventano, a volte, perfino brutali nella loro imprescindibile sincerità. Se pensavamo di sapere ormai tutto sull'Olocausto, Manny Steinberg è pronto a farci ricredere e ad imprimere nella nostra memoria collettiva nuove immagini che non possiamo rifiutare di guardare.

Wci¿gaj¿ca autobiografia ocaläego z obozu koncentracyjnego Brutalnie szczera opowie¿¿ o ludzkiej wytrzymäöci z czasów II wojny ¿wiatowej Manny Steinberg (1925-2015) sp¿dzi¿ swoje nastoletnie lata w nazistowskich obozach koncentracyjnych w Niemczech, cudem wychodz¿c cäo z tego, co zabi¿o miliony innych. Oto jego historia. Urodzony w ¿ydowskiej dzielnicy w Radomiu, Steinberg zauwäy¿, ¿e ludzie ¿ydowskiej wiary coraz cz¿¿ciej byli uznawali za odmie¿ców. We wrze¿niu 1939 roku nazi¿ci zaatakowali i rozpocz¿¿ si¿ koszmar. ¿ydowska populacja miasta nie miäa szans na ucieczk¿ i zostäa zmuszona do g¿odowania, tortur, by¿a wykorzystywana seksualnie i ostatecznie deportowana. Wykrzycze¿ prawd¿. Wspomnienia z czasu Holocaustu to szczere wyznania nastolatka, który przetrwä pobyt w czterech nazistowskich obozach: w Dachau, w Auschwitz, w Vaihingen oraz w Neckargerach. Brat Manny'ego, Stanley, wyskoczy¿ z wagonu na byd¿o wioz¿cego go do obozu koncentracyjnego, gdzie, razem z matk¿ i m¿odszym bratem, miä zgin¿¿. Desperacko samotny i g¿odny, Stanley czekä na zewn¿trz obozu, maj¿c nadziej¿, ¿e w ¿rodku ujrzy Manny'ego i swojego ojca. Kiedy upewni¿ si¿, ¿e byli w¿ród innych wi¿¿niów, oddä si¿ w r¿ce sträników. Te dni wype¿nione by¿y g¿odem, zimnem, ci¿¿k¿ prac¿ i strachem. Tylko ¿wiadomö¿ tego, ¿e cz¿onkowie rodziny byli w tym samym obozie, trzymäa ich przy ¿yciu. Gdyby ich relacja wysz¿a na jaw, zostaliby zamordowani, wi¿c udawali nieznajomych. Manny Steinberg wspomina, jak karmiono go ludzkim mi¿sem, jak zmuszano go do golenia g¿ów martwych kobiet i wyrywania z¿bów z ciä zamordowanych wi¿¿niów. Chroni¿c cenne zdj¿cie matki w chodaku, cudem przetrwä razem z ojcem i bratem terror niemieckich obozów koncentracyjnych. Kiedy Amerykanie przybyli w kwietniu 1945 roku, Manny by¿ chodz¿cym szkieletem z kilkoma z¿amanymi ¿ebrami i powän¿ chorob¿ p¿uc, ubranym w stary, brudny koc. Ta autobiografia zostäa napisana, aby dotrzymä obietnicy, któr¿ Steinberg sobie z¿öy¿ w pierwszych dniach wolnöci. Publikuj¿c swoje wspomnienia z Holocaustu, chciä upewni¿ si¿, ¿e ¿wiat nigdy nie zapomni, co stäo si¿ w Europie podczas II wojny ¿wiatowej. Narracja tej ksi¿¿ki jest osobista, niczym nieskr¿powana, bezpörednia. Opowie¿¿ dziej¿ca si¿ w Polsce i w Niemczech w czasach II wojny ¿wiatowej przedstawiona jest z punktu widzenia starszego m¿¿czyzny, zmuszaj¿cego si¿ do prze¿ycia na nowo lat cierpie¿. To dowód ludzkiego okrucie¿stwa, ale równie¿ ¿wiadectwo si¿y mi¿öci i nadziei. Wykrzycze¿ prawd¿ stäo si¿ klasykiem w¿ród literatury Holocaustu. T¿ ksi¿¿k¿ poleca si¿ w szczególnöci studentom i m¿odszym pokoleniom. Ta niezwyk¿a, prawdziwa historia spodoba si¿ czytelnikom Born Survivors oraz The Nazi Officer's Wife. - ¿Manny, Twoja historia jest wzruszaj¿ca. To ¿ywy dowód na si¿¿ ludzkiego ducha". - ¿Przeczytäem t¿ ksi¿¿k¿ z ci¿¿kim sercem, ¿zy mi p¿yn¿ po policzkach".- ¿Szczere, do sedna, i - jak si¿ möna spodziewä - okropne. Bez üalania si¿ nad sob¿ i bez wyolbrzymiania".- ¿Niezwyk¿a historia o przetrwaniu".- ¿Spodziewäam si¿ smutnej ksi¿¿ki, a zamiast tego po przeczytaniu jestem pe¿na otuchy. Owszem, ksi¿¿ka ujawnia okropne, okropne rzeczy. Ale tak¿e pokazuje, jak kochaj¿ce, pe¿ne wspó¿czucia i wdzi¿czne serce möe wci¿¿ by¿ delikatne i dobre, mimo niesprawiedliwöci, które przecierpiäo. Podziwiam autora i jego spojrzenie na ¿wiat".