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By chance alone : a remarkable true story of courage and survival at Auschwitz

Eisen, Max. (Author).

Summary: "This autobiography of Canadian Max Eisen details the rural Hungarian deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau, back-breaking slave labour in Auschwitz I, the infamous 'death march' of January 1945, the painful aftermath of liberation, and a journey of physical and psychological healing."

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  • ISBN: 9781443448536 (original trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 276 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 23cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : HarperCollins, 2016.

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General Note:
Canada Reads 2019 winner.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Eisen, Max -- 1929-
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Biography
Jews, Czech -- Canada -- Biography
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography
Holocaust survivors -- Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czechoslovakia
Concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Oświęcim -- Biography

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fort St. James Public Library 940.5318 EIS (Text) 35196000246988 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Greenwood Public Library 940.5318 EIS (Text) 35141000200064 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Vanderhoof Public Library 940.53 EIS (Text) 35193000348716 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: "This autobiography of Canadian Max Eisen details the rural Hungarian deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau, back-breaking slave labour in Auschwitz I, the infamous 'death march' of January 1945, the painful aftermath of liberation, and a journey of physical and psychological healing."

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