LEADER 03543cam a2200529Ii 4500001 261350 005 20240621231717.0 008 180125s2018 nyuab a b 000 0aeng d 020 9780988359130 020 0988359138 035 (OCoLC)on1020406348 035 261350 043 e-pl--- 049 LHMA 040 CNP |beng |erda |cCNP |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dLHM 090 DS134.72.S654 |bA3 2018 100 1 Solasz, Sam, |d1928- |eauthor. 245 10 Angel of the ghetto : |bone man's triumph over heartbreaking tragedy / |cSam Solasz with Judy Katz. 264 1 New York : |bNew Voices Press, |c2018. 300 244 pages : |billustrations, map ; |c20 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 530 Electronic version(s) available online. 520 Angel of the Ghetto tells the remarkable story of Sam Solasz, a boy born into a warm and loving Jewish family in Poland in 1928. Sam inhabited a protected world until the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. which tore his world apart. Ripped from his family, young Sam lived a nomadic and dangerous life. He had to learn to depend on his resourcefulness and the keen ability he had to size up people and events around him. Trapped in the Bialystok Ghetto, in inhuman conditions and hounded by the brutal Gestapo, Sam helped other starving and fearful souls. He did this by risking his life each day to smuggle in food, medicines and other desperately needed goods. He also managed to sneak arms into the ghetto for the Jewish underground in preparation for the Uprising against the Nazis. As the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust, this extraordinary boy grew into an extraordinary man. Sam went on to fight for the independence of Israel in the Israeli Defense Forces and eventually achieved his dream and made his way to New York City. He arrived with ten dollars in his pocket. Once there he used his strength and hard-won business savvy to build a highly successful business as well as a new and loving family. This unforgettable memoir is a different kind of Holocaust account. It is a gripping tale of love and loss, of survival and courage, but also of reconnection, regeneration and hope. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Solasz, Sam, |d1928- 650 0 Jews |xPersecutions |zPoland |zBiałystok. 650 0 Jews |zPoland |zKnyszyn |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zPoland |zBiałystok |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xJews |xRescue. 611 07 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 611 27 Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710189 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 Jews. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983135 650 7 Jews |xPersecutions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983322 651 7 Poland |zBiałystok. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01216533 651 7 Poland |zKnyszyn. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01282913 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Autobiographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 Personal narratives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423843 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 856 40 |3Electronic version(s) available. |zHosted by Internet Archive |uhttps://archive.org/details/bib261350_001_001 852 0 |bstacks |hDS134.72.S654 |iA3 2018 852 |bebook