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Jack Aizenberg: From Hell to Paradise

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Manchester University Press
29 April 2025

Autobiography: historical, political & military; The Holocaust; Jewish studies

Series: My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors

Jack Aizenberg was born into a Jewish family in 1928 in Staszow, Poland. On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany attacked Poland and soon began targeting Poland's 3.5 million Jews, looting homes, burning properties, publicly humiliating them and sending many to forced labour camps. In 1942, living in the last Polish town to be evacuated of all its Jews, Jack went into hiding; parting reluctantly from his parents and brother.

Upon discovery of Jack's hiding place, he was sent to work in a German munitions factory in Kielce and later experienced the harrowing conditions of Buchenwald and Colditz.

By February 1945, Jack, along with 600 other concentration camp inmates, was forced on a 200 mile death march, towards Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia.

Jack was finally liberated in Theresienstadt on 27 April 1945 and was brought to England to recuperate in Windermere. He later settled in Manchester, creating a thriving business and loving family.

Jack's book is part of the My Voice book collection, a stand-alone project of The Fed, the leading Jewish social care charity in Manchester, dedicated to preserving the life stories of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. The oral history, which is recorded and transcribed, captures their entire lives from before, during and after the war years. The books are written in the words of the survivor so that future generations can always hear their voice. The My Voice book collection is a valuable resource for Holocaust awareness and education.

By: The Fed
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9781526192462
ISBN 10: 1526192462
Series: My Voice: The Remarkable Life Stories of Holocaust Survivors
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 My family in Poland 2 Café Isaac 3 My Jewish education 4 The Jewish religion anchored our lives 5 The outbreak of war 6 Escaping to Staszów 7 Increased restrictions on Jews 8 Hiding during the evacuation of Staszów 9 Working in the ammunition factory in Kielce 10 A missed liberation in Czestochowa 11 Learning to survive in Buchenwald 12 Working in Colditz 13 The death march 14 Liberation at Theresienstadt 15 Freedom in beautiful Windermere 16 Living in a hostel in Manchester 17 England was paradise 18 My first job and lodgings 19 Marvellous America and my return to Manchester 20 We worked day and night 21 Marriage and children 22 My surviving family 23 Returning to Poland 24 Chairman of the ’45 Aid Society 25 My reflections 26 Postscript Glossary Transcript sources My Voice volunteers About The Fed -- .

The Fed is Manchester's leading social care charity serving the Jewish community. In June of 2021, The Fed were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the My Voice Project, the highest possible accolade for a voluntary sector group.

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