num_pages: 210
description: In the following pages, a miraculous saga of survival is described. It relates the personal experiences of Jacob Birnbaum, who - in the prime of his life, at the age of 20, - was torn from his family and thrust into a living nightmare. For more than three years he defied all odds by surviving six camps - Ludwigsdorf, Anhalt bei Auschwitz, Markstadt bei Breslau, Graeditz, Faulbruck and Langenbielau. Yet, Jacob insists his is not a Holocaust story - because he survived. This is a first hand account of a mentally strong young man;s will to live, in order to fulfill a promise he made to his parents who wrote him, "Jacob, you may be the only survivor of our family. Never let the world forget what they did to us." Thanks to Jacob Birbaum's photographic memory, this book will help us not to forget. This biography has been specifically designed to place the reader in the position of the author, by conveying as realistic a feeling as possible about what the experiences of Jacob Birnbaum were like. In order to accomplish this, three aids have been 1) A selection of photographs depicting many of the people and situations described in this story - including some that Jacob carried with him through six camps, 2) Maps illustrating relevant geographic locations, 3) A Time Line describing not only the events seen through Jacob's eyes, behind the barbed wire of his prisons, but also man events unfolding in the world outside of his confinement, which had consequences on his future, 4) A Glossary that includes Yiddish and German terms.
language: English
title: I Kept My Promise
titlecomplete: I Kept My Promise
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Jason R Taylor Assocs