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I Shall Live

Surviving the Holocaust Against All Odds

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By: Henry Orenstein
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I Shall Live tells the gripping true story of a Jewish family in Germany and Russia as the Nazi party gained power in Germany. When Henry Orenstein and his siblings ended up in a series of concentrations camps, Orenstein's bravery and quick thinking help him to save himself and his brothers from execution by playing a role in the greatest hoax ever pulled on the upper echelons of Nazi command. Orenstein's lucid prose recreates this horrific time in history and his constant struggle for survival as the Nazis move him and his brothers through five concentration camps. His description of their roles in the fake Chemical Commando sheds new light on an incredible and generally unknown event in the history of the Holocaust. This edition of I Shall Live contains new evidence about this false Commando, including letters signed to and from Himmler himself.

Orenstein, aside from being a Holocaust survivor, has made a name for himself as a toymaker who called for the production of Transformers, as well as a poker player.

©1987 Henry Orenstein (P)1996 Common Mode Inc. World War II Biographies & Memoirs 20th Century Survival Holocaust Modern Historical War Wars & Conflicts Inspiring Military

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"I read this book in a single day; I found it so compelling it was hard to put down." (Simon Wiesenthal)
"An adventure almost novelesque in the extraordinary succession of miracles which enable the young man to remain among the living" (Claude Lanzmann, producer of Shoah)
Powerful Survival Story • Historical Significance • Authentic Narration • Detailed Account • Inspiring Resilience

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A good holocaust memoir filled with tragedy. It’s read by the survivor but he’s not a good story teller. Lacks flow, very choppy in parts, can hear pages turning… and makes it hard to stay into this book. I understand him wanting to read his own story but it would be much easier to listen with another narrator.

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Wonderful and God Bless. My whole amcestry is from Poland. You are an inspiration with which no words could describe.

EXCEPTIONAL

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I've seen hundreds of documentaries on the Holocaust, but for the first time I can get a feel of what it actually was.

Spellbinding

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Shared in startling detail with a frank honesty that captured my attention. Unable to set it aside until I finished every word.

exceptional.

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a carefuljjy told tale of sadness and horrtor rild in a authentic way by an honest and forgiving ma

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