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What They Didn't Burn|Mel Laytner

What They Didn't Burn : Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets

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What if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew . . . or thought you knew? Growing up, author Mel Laytner saw his father as a quintessential Type B: passive and conventional. As he uncovered documents the Nazis didn't burn, however, another man emerged--a black market ringleader and wily camp survivor who made his own luck. The tattered papers also shed light on painful secrets his father took to his grave. Melding the intimacy of personal memoir with the rigors of investigative journalism, What They Didn't Burn is a heartwarming, inspiring story of resilience and redemption. A story of how desperate survivors turned hopeful refugees rebuilt their shattered lives in America, all the while struggling with the lingering trauma that has impacted their children to this day.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781684631032
  • ISBN-10: 1684631033
  • Publisher: Sparkpress
  • Publish Date: September 2021
  • Dimensions: 8.43 x 5.43 x 1.02 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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