num_pages: 264
description: " Holocaust survivor Harry Gordon recalls in brutal detail the anguished years of his youth, a youth spent struggling to survive in a Lithuanian concentration camp. A memoir about hope and resilience, The Shadow of Death describes the invasion of Kovno by the Red Army and the impact of Soviet occupation from the perspective of the ghetto's weakest and poorest class. It also serves as a reminder that the Germans were not alone responsible for the persecution and extermination of Jews.
language: English
title: The Shadow of Death
titlecomplete: The Shadow of Death
genres: Memoir, Holocaust, History, World War II
ratings_count: 26
publisher: University Press of Kentucky