Carved in stone
Subtitle: Holocaust years, a boy's tale
By: Manny Drukier.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto; Baffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Drukier, Manny, 1928-; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Łódź -- Personal narratives.; Jews -- Poland -- Łódź -- Biography.; Łódź (Poland) -- Biography.
Description: The title of this book is taken from Primo Levi's words about survivors of the Holocaust: 'The survivors are divided into two well-defined groups: those who repress their past en bloc, and those whose memory of the offence persists, as though carved in stone.' The memories of Manny Drukier are indelibly inscribed in his mind, and in Carved in Stone he recounts them with honesty and precision.

In 1939, at the age of eleven, Drukier was forced by the Nazis to leave his native city of Lodz, in Poland. His narrative, prompted by his first visit back to Poland after fifty years, begins with his childhood, follows him in and out of various hiding places and to the labour camps, and describes his day of liberation and his later emigration to North America.

But this is also the story of the day-to-day life of Jews both before and during the war, providing a detailed account of Drukier's friends and family, and their love, wit, and will to survive.