Suddenly the Shadow Fell

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THE AZRIELI SERIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEMOIRS Established to preserve and share the written memoirs of those who survived the twentieth-century Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe and later made their way to Canada. That night, a fierce air battle developed around and above our train. Guns were blazing, bombs were falling In the morning, the first thingwe noticed was there were no SS guards Instead of the enemy, US soldiers found us and heard our cries: "Oh God, we arefree!" All 17-year-old Leslie Meisels knows in early June 1944 is that he must get his family out of the terrible conditions in the ghetto in Debrecen, Hungary. Over his mother's objections, his decision to push their way on to a transport could have sent them all to a death camp. Instead, they jóin the roughly 20,000 "Jews on ice" whose lives are being bartered for gold, diamonds, cash and military equipment in a secret deal between Hungárián Jewish lawyer Rudolf Kasztner and Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann.... Tovább

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THE AZRIELI SERIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MEMOIRS Established to preserve and share the written memoirs of those who survived the twentieth-century Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe and later made their way to Canada. That night, a fierce air battle developed around and above our train. Guns were blazing, bombs were falling In the morning, the first thingwe noticed was there were no SS guards Instead of the enemy, US soldiers found us and heard our cries: "Oh God, we arefree!" All 17-year-old Leslie Meisels knows in early June 1944 is that he must get his family out of the terrible conditions in the ghetto in Debrecen, Hungary. Over his mother's objections, his decision to push their way on to a transport could have sent them all to a death camp. Instead, they jóin the roughly 20,000 "Jews on ice" whose lives are being bartered for gold, diamonds, cash and military equipment in a secret deal between Hungárián Jewish lawyer Rudolf Kasztner and Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann. INTRODUCTION BY ANNA PORTER "The Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program is a historically and humanly compelling project [that] allows the last survivors to teli their personal stories Their morál authority in the field of remembrance is incomparable." Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate The Azrieli Foundation's Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program is a notfor-profit program. All revenues to the Azrieli Foundation from the sales of the Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs go toward the publishing and educational work of the Memoirs Program. Vissza