Lume Books, London, has reissued a memoir by Aron Goldfarb, as told to shul member Graham Diamond, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In a new foreword, the anniversary edition includes reflections on Goldfarb’s life and legacy from his sons, Morris and Ira.
Maybe You Will Survive tells the story of 15-year-old Aron Goldfarb’s escape from the Holocaust after the Nazis invaded his home in Poland. Not only was he able to escape from his imprisonment in Pionki labor camp, but he and his brother then overcame unbelievable odds to survive seven grueling months hidden together in self-made, underground bunkers until the end of the war — directly under the noses of the SS officers who were hunting them.
“Working on the project with Aron Goldfarb was an experience I’ll never forget,” Graham Diamond said. “I taped Aron and took copious notes. Tears came to Aron’s eyes as he spoke about his childhood, his father, his mother, his brothers, his town, his world. My job was to make it come alive, to make him and what he shared as real as possible. I am grateful for the opportunity I was given.”
The anniversary edition is due to publish worldwide on April 20.
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