Here is another book for the male protagonist, Holocaust story. Jacob's Courage, by Charles Weinblatt ISBN-13: 978-9657344248
Compiled after extensive Holocaust research, this is the story of an Austrian Jewish family's experience during World War II. The protagonist is seventeen year-old Jacob Silverman. "Jacob's Courage" is a beautiful love story set against the backdrop of the Holocaust. "Jacob's Courage" chronicles the dazzling beauty of passionate love and enduring bravery in a lurid world where the innocent are brutally murdered. In 1939, seventeen-year-old Austrians Jacob Silverman and Rachael Goldberg are bright, talented, and deeply in love. Because they are Jews, their families lose everything; their jobs, possessions and money, contact with loved ones, and finally their liberty at the hands of the Nazis. Jacob and Rachael "grow up" during the Holocaust. As teenagers, they survive the beatings, rapes, and murderous acts of the Nazis, enjoy the physical and spiritual pleasure of being in love and are able to become husband and wife in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, before being imprisoned in Auschwitz. Eventually Jacob and Rachael become Partisans to fight the Nazi enemy. While "Jacob's Courage" is a novel, the author, Charles Weinblatt, has based portions of the story on his mother's experience. http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/ Available from Ingram, Barnes and Noble, Baker and Taylor, Amazon "Gut Wrenching and Heart Rending. Weinblatt's characters and characterizations compel the reader to read onward. At the end of the read one feels both hope and admiration for the human spirit." Holocaust Center of Toledo Director, Hindea Markowicz "A tender, coming of age tale. This book shows the critical roles that love, determination, and steadfast belief play toward battling one's demons both physically and mentally. Jacob's Courage is ultimately a tribute to the triumphant human spirit." Jewish Book World "The reader sees events through the eyes of archetypal participantsÂ… a doctor forced to experiment on his own, a Sonderkommando and a hero." The Association of Jewish Libraries --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
