Description
| Product ID: | 9781529066364 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Happiest Man on Earth |
| Subtitle: | The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor |
| Authors: | Author: Eddie Jaku |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, The Holocaust, Second World War, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, The Holocaust, Second World War, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Germany, Poland, Australia, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The moving and inspiring story of an Auschwitz survivor who shares what he’s learned about gratitude, tolerance and kindness. <p><b>Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.<br><br>‘Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming’ – <i>Daily Express</i></b><br><br><i>Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.</i><br><br>Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.<br><br>Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.<br><br><b><i>The Happiest Man on Earth</i> is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.</b><br><br><b>‘Australia’s answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support’ – <i>The Times</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-01-20 |