num_pages: 216
description: This is a nonfiction, personal narrative that tells the true story of a young boy's courage in the face of Nazi attrocities during WWII. Born in Poland, David Faber as a teenager survived eight concentration camps, witnessed the murder of his family, and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945, at the age of 18, weighing only 72 pounds. Because of Romek fulfills David's promise to his mother to tell the world what happened to his family.
language: English
title: Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir
titlecomplete: Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir
characters: David Faber
genres: Historical, History, World War II, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography, Adult, Holocaust, War, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1166
publisher: Faber Press