Promises Kept: One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds

by Ernest W. Michel

Overview

When Ernest Michel emigrated to America, he made a promise to his friends to remind the world of the torture and death inflicted by the Nazis. This is his first-hand account.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569803387
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/05/2008
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.67(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction     ix
Foreword   Leon Uris     xi
Prologue: Bonn, Germany: November 1988     xv
Kristallnacht-Germany     1
The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part I: My Pen Pal Bob Lindsay     13
Arrest by the Gestapo, September 1939     23
Arrival in Auschwitz, March 1943     27
First Day in Auschwitz     37
A "Normal" Day in Auschwitz     47
My Life Is Saved by Calligraphy     51
My Friend Walter     59
Witness to Dr. Mengele's Medical Experiments     65
A Foiled Escape from Auschwitz     71
The Russians Are Coming     75
The Death March of 60,000 Inmates from Auschwitz, January 1943     81
Escape     85
Coming "Home"     95
I Am a Reporter at the First Nuremberg War Crimes Trial     105
An Invitation from the German Government     117
Lieutenant Albert Hutler-My American Family     121
My First Job in America     129
A Voice Sings for Its Life     145
Reunion with My Sister Lotte     153
The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part II: Years Later     161
Return to Mannheim     167
Bubba Jackson, Mississippi Sheriff     171
A Meeting with President Eisenhower at the White House     175
The World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors: Jerusalem, June 1981     187
Four Unforgettable Days in Jerusalem     195
My First Return to Auschwitz     207
The Reverend Jesse Jackson and I Address a Special Service at Trinity Church     215
The 1989 Reunion of Mannheim Survivors     219
Auschwitz Tattoo Numbers 104994 & 104995     223
I Have Become a Freedom Hero     227
The Youngest Survivor     229
Genocide     233
The Ten Million Dollar Campaign for Needy Holocaust Survivors     237
Lotte's First Speech and Our Family Reunion     241
My Last Visit to My Hometown     247
Where Are They Now?     255
Epilogue     259