A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A Lucky Child. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life.

Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. A Lucky Child is a book that demands to be read by all.

Author: Thomas Buergenthal
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Published: 04/07/2015
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780316339186
ISBN10: 0316339180
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Considered one of the world's leading international human rights law experts, Thomas Buergenthal served as a judge at the International Court of Justice and prior thereto as judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He is the Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law & Jurisprudence at the George Washington University Law School, and the recipient of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's 2015 Elie Wiesel Award.