— Times (London)
The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
and Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her
The True Story of a Father and Son’s
greatest joy. We are inseparable.” Gustav kept his
diary hidden throughout his six years in the death
Time. His website is jeremydronfi eld.com.
“Immensely enjoyable. It’s a fascinating
“A scintillating portrait . . . that feels
camps—even Fritz knew nothing of it. From this
story, told with verve, sensitivity, and
almost Dickensian in style.”
JEREMY DRONFIELD
Fight for Survival in Auschwitz
diary, Fritz’s own accounts, and other eyewitness
skill—the result of an awe-inspiring
— Guardian
testimony, Jeremy Dronfi eld has constructed a
amount of research and detective
riveting tale of a father-son bond that proved
work, managed with delicacy and
“A riveting, tense, and ultimately
stronger than the machine that sought to break
fl air. . . . A marvellous read, and a
satisfying account.”
them both.
story worth telling.”
— Booklist
— Rodney Bolt, author of
The Librettist of Venice
JEREMY DRONFIELD
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Document Outline
Front Cover
Front Flip
Title Page
Half Title
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Prologue
Part I: Vienna 1. “When Jewish Blood Drips from the Knife. . .”
2. Traitors to the People
Part II: Buchenwald 3. Blood and Stone: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
4. The Stone Crusher
5. The Road to Life
6. A Favorable Decision
7. The New World
8. Unworthy of Life
9. A Thousand Kisses
10. A Trip to Death
Part III: Auschwitz 11. A Town Called Oswiecim
12. Auschwitz-Monowitz
13. The End of Gustav Kleinmann, Jew
14. Resistance and Collaboration: The Death of Fritz Kleinmann
15. The Kindness of Strangers
16. Far from Home
17. Resistance and Betrayal
Part IV: Survival 18. Death Train
19. Mauthausen
20. The End of Days
21. The Long Way Home
Epilogue: Jewish Blood
Bibliography and Sources
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Back Flip: About the Author
Back Cover
Table of Contents
Front Cover
Front Flip
Title Page
Half Title
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Prologue
Part I: Vienna
1. “When Jewish Blood Drips from the Knife. . .”
2. Traitors to the People
Part II: Buchenwald
3. Blood and Stone: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
4. The Stone Crusher
5. The Road to Life
6. A Favorable Decision
7. The New World
8. Unworthy of Life
9. A Thousand Kisses
10. A Trip to Death
Part III: Auschwitz
11. A Town Called Oswiecim
12. Auschwitz-Monowitz
13. The End of Gustav Kleinmann, Jew
14. Resistance and Collaboration: The Death of Fritz Kleinmann
15. The Kindness of Strangers
16. Far from Home
17. Resistance and Betrayal
Part IV: Survival
18. Death Train
19. Mauthausen
20. The End of Days
21. The Long Way Home
Epilogue: Jewish Blood
Bibliography and Sources
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Back Flip: About the Author
Back Cover
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