- Summary
- "The holes in the walls erected around the Warsaw ghetto in 1940 are only large enough for small children to squeeze through, so it's up to the bravest young inhabitants to smuggle food back to their starving loved ones. Nazi guards patrol the ghetto walls, and the punishment for being caught is death. Jankiel (Jack) Klajman is only nine years old but knows what he needs to do to give his family a chance to survive. It is only through luck that Jack manages to hide from successive waves of deportations to the Treblinka death camp. When the Jews in the ghetto decide to rise up against the Nazis in spring of 1943, Jack turns his smuggling efforts to the aid of the resistance and narrowly escapes the ghetto during the terrible fighting. He later finds refuge in German-occupied Warsaw, witnessing the city's uprising against their invaders just as the glimmer of peace shines on the horizon. Along with other Jewish boys passing as gentile, Jack makes a living selling cigarettes in the heart of the city to the Nazi soldiers. This boy becomes the Smallest Hope of a once-great Jewish community. Although he suffers great losses during the war, when Jack leaves behind the fire-scarred ruins of Warsaw he finds a way to flourish, making his way to Canada and building a life full of music, family and hope for a better future."-- Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. Series XV
Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Klajman, Jack, 1931-2019, author.
- Published
- [Toronto, Ontario] : The Azrieli Foundation, [2023]
©2023
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw (Poland)
Pologne
Varsovie
Varsovie (Pologne)
- Edition
- First edition
- Other Authors/Editors
- Azrieli Foundation, publisher.
- Notes
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Maps on endpapers.
"A version of Jack Klajman's memoir was previously published as Out of the Ghetto by the publisher Vallentine Mitchell. Permission for this new edition was granted by Vallentine Mitchell and Ed Klajman."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
