An Unbroken Chain: My Journey Through the Nazi Holocaust

By Henry A. Oertelt and Stephanie Oertelt Samuels

Book Overview

A Holocaust survivor chronicles the chain of events that kept him alive, providing first-hand accounts of Hitler's rise to power, Kristallnacht, and confinement in various concentration camps.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822529521
• ISBN13: 9780822529521
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

An Unbroken Chain: My Journey Through the Nazi Holocaust

An Unbroken Chain is a remarkable book. I used this book in my reserarch of the Holocaust which proved to be very helpful.

Very interesting read.

This was required reading for a class I took in college. I found this book to be very interesting if you have any interest in the sort of subject matter.

Amazing Book and Speaker

Mr. Oertelt came and spoke at my college in MN when I was a junior. Not only was he an amazing speaker, but he made the Holocaust a reality to everyone packed in that auditorium. He signed his book for everyone who wished to purchase it. I read it in one night unable to out it down!!! Highly recommended!

stirring memoir

Oertelt tells the story of his life in Germany from his 1938 until his liberation from a concentration camp. It is a stirring memoir -- heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. He uses the analogy of an 18 link chain to demonstrate how each link was important to his survival. The details in the book are remarkable in their lucidity and specificity. He is never graphic in his descriptions, but he is brutally honest. In the end, it is an uplifing tale in the context of terrible sadness.