The Boy Who Followed His Father into ..., Jeremy Dronfield
The Boy Who Followed His Father into ..., Jeremy Dronfield
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The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
A True Story Retold for Young Readers

Author: Jeremy Dronfield

Narrator: Fred Berman

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This powerful, moving middle grade adaptation of the adult international bestselling narrative nonfiction book The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz shines a light on the true story of two brothers who experienced the atrocities of the Holocaust in very different ways.Fritz Kleinmann was fourteen when the Nazis took over Vienna. Kurt, his little brother, was eight. Under Hitler’s brutal regime, their Austrian-Jewish family of six was cruelly torn apart.Taken to Buchenwald concentration camp, Fritz and his Papa, Gustav, underwent hard labor and starvation. Meanwhile, Kurt made the difficult voyage, all alone, to America, to escape the war.When Papa was ordered to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, Fritz—desperate not to lose his beloved father—insisted he must go too. Together, they endured countless atrocities to survive.Jeremy Dronfield authentically and accurately captures this family tale of bravery, love, hope, and survival with the help of extensive research and primary sources like Gustav’s diary and interviews with family members. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Jeremy Dronfield

Jeremy Dronfield is a biographer, historian, novelist, and former archaeologist. He is the author of the middle grade narrative nonfiction book The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A Story Retold, which received three starred reviews, and his adult nonfiction titles include Dr. James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time, a Sunday Times Book of the Year. He lives in England. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on May 28, 2020

The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz reads like fiction, but it’s based on meticulous research, including interviews with the family. This book is brilliant, all heart, and an absolute must-read if you are drawn to Holocaust and World War II fiction, so we never forget the despicable trans......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay L on October 12, 2020

3 stars. Based on the secret diary of Gustav Klienmann, this novel shares the detailed story of Gustav and his sixteen-year-old son Fritz’s devastating and horrific six year journey from the Buchenwald concentration camp to Auschwitz. Gustav and Fritz face the endless unfathomable Nazi brutality yet......more

Goodreads review by Justo on June 15, 2023

4/5 Estrellas Periódicamente intento leer algo sobre el holocausto, aunque acabe destrozado mentalmente al volver a leer sobre todo el repertorio de salvajismo que desplegaron en sus campos los nazis. Creo que es necesario tener fresco en la mente lo que pasó. Si todo el mundo lo hiciera quizá no asi......more

Goodreads review by Amanda - on April 28, 2019

*[URL not allowed] One glance at the title of Jeremy Dronfield’s The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz will have you shaking your head in sheer disbelief. A place of certain and horrific death, why anyone would willingly choose this path of fate is unfathomable. But it di......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 10, 2019

I have read several books about the Holocaust but this one will stay with me for a long while. It has been the most graphic book that I have read about the atrocities that happened in the hands of the Nazi’s and the concentration camps. It’s 1939 Gustav Kleinmann a furniture upholsterer and son Fritz......more

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