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'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' – Daily Express
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.
Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.
The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
'Australia's answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support' – The Times
© 2020 Macmillan (Luisterboek): 9781529066357
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 12 november 2020
4.8
Biografieën
'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' – Daily Express
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.
Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.
The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
'Australia's answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support' – The Times
© 2020 Macmillan (Luisterboek): 9781529066357
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 12 november 2020
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Lissa
20 apr 2021
4,5🌟WAUW
Steven
8 jan 2022
Thank you for sharing this amazing life story with us. Eddie Juka, you and everyone who helped you share this story, are mondern day hero's!
Jo
1 okt 2023
All those holocaust stories are terribly sad, and make me realize how much people differ from one another. Some are very good, some are very evil. I am grateful this man has survived and that he was happy to live despite all the horror that happened to him.The book was well written and read.
Anna
12 jun 2023
Heftig verhaal over Eddie zijn ervaringen in meerdere concentratiekampen. Schrikbarend en pijnlijk maar ook hoopvol & liefdevol tegelijkertijd.
Marcos
2 apr 2022
Wrote his story of the war at 100 years old. Captured. To concentration camp Buchenwald. Escaped, to Belgium. Captured again. Escaped again. Captured again. To Auschwitz... a living nightmare. Unimaginable horrors, cruel and brutal. Out of the 6 million jews that were killed during the war, a million died there. Thanks to an intelligent father, great luck and dear friendship, he did the impossible: he survived.
Ahrien
18 mrt 2022
It takes you in from beginning to the end
Eliza
1 aug 2023
Een must read voor iedereen.
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