Auschwitz #34207 : the Joe Rubinstein story : a remarkable journey of triumph and survival / Nancy Sprowell Geise.

"Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland, German soldiers forced twenty-one year-old Icek "Joe" Rubinsztejn onto a crowded, open-air truck. The next day, several around him were dead. From there, things got worse for young Joe-much worse. Joe arrived at Auschwitz on April 30, 1942. Now, in his nineties, Joe reveals how he survived several of the most notorious concentration camps when so many others perished. His is a remarkable narrative-a unique story of endurance, courage and faith"--Back cover.

Part One -- Prelude -- The Taking -- Eye of the Storm -- The White Shroud -- Strength Through Family and Faith -- From Generation to Generation -- Promises Kept -- The Girl in the Corner -- Finding a Path -- Neighbor Turns on Neighbor -- Nowhere to Hide -- The Dark Surge -- Photos and Documents -- Part Two -- The Truck -- The Cold Unknown -- Toward the Dark -- The Arrival -- Marked for Life -- Sustenance of the Starved -- Day 2 -- And Still They Come -- A Day in the Life -- A Different Kind of Army -- Blisters -- The Icy Blanket -- Hallways of the Dead -- A Question Repeated -- Swallowing Hell -- The Green Grass of Radom -- Trains in the Night -- For a Crime I Didn't Commit -- The Missing Half -- A Precious Gift of Warmth -- Shattered -- Night -- An Experienced Prisoner -- For the Sport of It -- Stars of Hope -- One Stroke for Life -- Beyond the Gates -- Crumbling Stone -- A Good Shine -- A Chance at Freedom -- Pierre -- Sickness and Salvation -- On the Move -- Laja's Tears -- An Inattentive Teacher -- Far from Home -- And Then It Was Over -- From Ashes to Alive -- Photos and Documents -- Part Three -- Which Way? -- Picking Up the Pieces -- Beyond Words -- Dancing It Away -- A Night That Changed a Life -- From Despair to Love -- Touche -- Anywhere But Germany -- Changing Tides -- Out of Darkness -- For Just One Picture -- Nightmares and Dreams -- The First Light of Dawn -- Epilogue - Threads of Gold -- In Joe's Words -- Photos and Documents -- Chapter Endnotes -- Follow-Up Note from Author -- Timeline -- Additional Research Notes -- 1. Concentration and Labor Camps -- a. Auschwitz/Birkenau -- b. Buchenwald -- c. Cieszanow, Poland (Labor Camp) -- d. Dora-Mittleblau -- e. Jawischowitz Sub-camp and the Brzeszcze Coal Mine -- f. Ohrdruf Concentration Camp -- g. Theresienstadt "Camp-ghetto" -- h. Treblinka Extermination Camp -- 2. Ship Transporting Displace Persons -- a. USS General R. M. Blatchford -- 3. Camp for Displaced Persons -- a. Wentorf bei Hamburg -- 4. Camp Commandants and other Nazi Officials -- a. Herman Dolp -- b. Odilo Globocnik -- c. Adolf Hitler -- d. Rudolf Hoss -- e. Karl Rahm -- f. Franz Paul Stangl -- 5. Shoe Companies Where Joe Worked -- a. Herbert Levine -- b. Nina Shoes -- c. Sbicca Footwear