The watchmakers : a story of brotherhood, survival, and hope amid the Holocaust
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New York : Kensington Publishing Corporation, [2022].
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xxv, 323 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
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Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 940.53 LEN | On Shelf |
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Biographies.
Clock and watch makers -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Jewish families -- Poland -- Biography.
Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Labor camps -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Lenga, Harry, -- 1919-2000, -- Family.
Lenga, Harry, -- 1919-2000.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography -- Occupied territories.
Clock and watch makers -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Jewish families -- Poland -- Biography.
Jews -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Labor camps -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Lenga, Harry, -- 1919-2000, -- Family.
Lenga, Harry, -- 1919-2000.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography -- Occupied territories.
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Published
New York : Kensington Publishing Corporation, [2022].
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-304) and index.
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Told through interviews with his son, watchmaker Harry Lenga's extraordinary memoir of endurance, faith, and a unique skill that kept three brothers together -- and alive -- during the darkest times of World War II. Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father's trade at a young age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never anticipated that the tools acquired from their father would be the key to their survival. Under the most devastating conditions imaginable -- with death always imminent -- fixing watches for the Germans in the ghettos and brutal slave labor camps of occupied Poland and Austria bought their lives over and over again. From Wolanow and Starachowice to Auschwitz and Ebensee, Harry, Mailekh, and Moishe endured, bartered, worked, prayed, and lived to see liberation. Derived from more than a decade of interviews with Harry Lenga, conducted by his own son Scott and others, The Watchmakers is Harry's heartening and unflinchingly honest first-person account of his childhood, the lessons learned from his own father, his harrowing tribulations, and his inspiring life before, during, and after the war. It is a singular and vital story, told from one generation to the next -- and a profoundly moving tribute to brotherhood, fatherhood, family, and faith.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lenga, H., Persinger, R., & Lenga, S. (2022). The watchmakers: a story of brotherhood, survival, and hope amid the Holocaust . Kensington Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lenga, Harry, 1919-2000, Robert, Persinger and Scott, Lenga. 2022. The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust. Kensington Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lenga, Harry, 1919-2000, Robert, Persinger and Scott, Lenga. The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lenga, Harry, Robert Persinger, and Scott Lenga. The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2022.
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