A Holocaust Memoir

A Holocaust MemoirAt the age of sixteen, David Dolek Goldkorn was separated from his family by the Nazis and sent to a series of work and concentration camps. At the end of the war, he was alone, having lost parents, grandparents, brothers, sister, and countless aunts, uncles and cousins to the Nazi genocide of Jews. The story of his ordeal, and survival, would be unbearable if not for his positive mental outlook, which has remained remarkably intact despite all that

At the age of sixteen, David ÒDolekÓ Goldkorn was separated from his family by the Nazis and sent to a series of work and concentration camps. At the end of the war, he was alone, having lost parents, grandparents, brothers, sister, and countless aunts, uncles and cousins to the Nazi genocide of Jews. The story of his ordeal, and survival, would be unbearable if not for his positive mental outlook, which has remained remarkably intact despite all that he witnessed. It is this buoyancy that has enabled audiences as diverse as Jewish congregations in Florida and high-school students in inner city New York to respond to his plea:ÒWe have to, we must, proclaim to the world, that every nation has the obligation to control their fanatical individuals who spread their hate and poison.Ó