num_pages: 294
description: In early 1940 Chaim Herzsman was locked in to the Ldz Ghetto in Poland. Hungry fearless and determined he goes on scavenging missions outside the wire limits until he is forced to kill a Nazi guard. That moment changes the course of his life and sets him on an unbelievable adventure across enemy lines.Escape from the Ghetto is about a normal boy who faced extermination by the Nazis in the ghetto or a Nazi deathcamp and the extraordinary life he led in avoiding that fate. It's a bittersweet story about epic hope beauty amidst horror and the triumph of the human spirit.John Carr is Henry Carr's eldest son and in Escape From the Ghetto he has recreated his father's incredible adventure through recordings and transcribed conversations in later life.
language: English
title: Escape From the Ghetto: The Breathtaking Story of the Jewish Boy Who Ran Away from the Nazis
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton