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The Stone Crusher

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by Jeremy Dronfield


  — 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

  Jacket design: Joan Sommers Design

  Cover photo: © Paul Bucknall /Arcangel Images, Inc.

  Printed in the United States of America

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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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