Both poignant and exquisite in its simplicity, Joseph Freeman's autobiography is at once a shibboleth for those who also endured the unspeakable and a haunting warning for those of us living in these latter days, when the voices of deniers and revisionists of the Holocaust wait to take the place of the aging witnesses who grow weary of their vigil.
Preface Introduction Before the Destruction Early School Years in Radom Father's Family in Staszow Gymnasium and University Years Hashoah September 1, 1939 Walowa Street Ghetto How the City of Radom Died Selections for the Death Camps Kromolowsky Factory Business at Kromolowsky Isaac The Ghetto Reduced Winter 1942-43 "Exchange" of Intellectuals Letters Szkolna Auschwitz Vaihingen Schoemberg First Day Order Lester Lying with the Dead Hospital in Schoemberg Transports Spaichingen Rebirth Liberation Hospital in Fussen Feldafing Return to Radom Helen Munich Pasadena Broken Silence Return to the Ruins Gates of Tomorrow Glossary
JOSEPH FREEMAN was born in Poland in 1915. He immigrated to the United States shortly after the end of World War II. He and his wife, Helen, live in Pasadena, California.
"I have read Joe Freeman's testimony and remain moved by its painful and powerful message. I have never been in Radom, but Freeman brings back fragments of its Jewish life--as well as images of its death. I thank you for sharing his memories with us."-Elie Wiesel
"I have read Joe Freeman's testimony and remain moved by its painful and powerful message. I have never been in Radom, but Freeman brings back fragments of its Jewish life--as well as images of its death. I thank you for sharing his memories with us."-Elie Wiesel
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