Auschwitz 34207, Nancy Sprowell Geise
Auschwitz 34207, Nancy Sprowell Geise
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Auschwitz #34207
The Joe Rubinstein Story

Author: Nancy Sprowell Geise

Narrator: Richard Rieman, Joe Rubinstein

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2016


Synopsis

In 1945, Joe Rubinstein walked out of a Nazi concentration camp. For over 70 years, his story would remain hidden from the world.Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland, twenty-one year-old Icek “Joe” Rubinsztejn answered a knock at the door of the cottage he shared with his widowed mother and siblings in the Radom Ghetto. Two German soldiers told him they were taking him. “But I haven’t done anything wrong. Why? Why?” They ignored his questions. He said he had to tell his mother goodbye. He said he had to change his clothes. They told him he had everything he needed. He looked down at his undershirt, shorts and bare feet, and thought, “Everything I need”? They marched him outside and forced him onto a crowded, open-air truck. With no protection from the cold, he huddled with a group of strangers. By the next morning, several around him would be dead from exposure. From there, things got worse for young Joe, much worse.Joe arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau April 30, 1942. It would be 70 years before he told anyone how he survived.Joe's remarkable story is a powerful account of perseverance and resilience as he endured over two years at Auschwitz before being sent to several of the other notorious Nazi concentration camps. His is a surprising story of love and the triumph of the human spirit. While the Nazis took everything else, they were unable to take Joe’s love of life, his affection for others, and his unassailable joy. His is a story of unconquerable courage and discovering light in the darkest of places.From the ashes of his life, Joe would find a way rise above the atrocities that he endured. Barefooted when he was taken by the Nazis, he would become one of New York's' leading shoe designers. Joe’s story is life-changing for all those who hear it. It has readers and audiences laughing, crying and cheering.Joe's story is a testament to the power of faith, perseverance and hope.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Isaiah on January 14, 2022

To see more reviews check out MI Book Reviews. I have read a few memoirs, biographies, and other non-fiction about the Holocaust and Holocaust survivors. I have yet to find one that hasn’t been moving and traumatizing. This book far surpasses all of them for emotional punch. I have generally always be......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on February 28, 2017

I enjoyed this book as much as you can enjoy a story so heartbreaking. There's not much I can say about The Joe Rubinstein Story other than it was eyeopening. You think you know what went on in concentration camps (hunger, abuse, sorrow, etc), but you have no idea. Geise takes you into Auschwitz and......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 24, 2016

Heartbreaking story of survival and faith.The book is well written and shares the horrors that Mr Rubinstein endured at the hands of the nazis.The chance meetings and decisions on his part had such an influence on his survival.The most touching part to me is his continuous faith in his God and the a......more

Goodreads review by Westminster on August 29, 2019

Wow! What an amazing story! Author Nancy Geise does an incredible job retelling Auschwitz survivor Joe Rubinstein's story in short and powerful chapters. Some sections were difficult to read, an unbelievable piece of history that is hard to imagine even happened. The most significant impact of the b......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 30, 2023

I have read many books about the Holocaust. Right now I am still processing this book, the story of #34207 - Joe Rubinstein and his unbelievable triumph over evil. In a few days I’ll come back and edit this review. Joe shows that no matter how dark and evil the world can be he found joy and light.......more