The Story of 'Hernan Der Norweger' Auschwitz Prisoner #79235: As Told by Herman Sachnowitz to Arnold Jacoby

By Arnold Jacoby, Hall Thor, Herman Sachnowitz

This book is an English translation of the Norwegian memoirs of Herman Sachnowitz of Larvik, Norway, Auschwitz prisoner #79235. Out of the 780 Norwegian Jews imprisoned in Auschwitz, only 9, including Sachnowitz, returned home alive. The book chronicles Hernan's two years as a slave-worker at Bunna Werke and as a member-first-chair trumpet of the Buna camp orchestra. It is a gripping story that takes the reader right to the heart of the death-camp experience. The fear, the deprivation, the degradation that finally threatened to destroy the prisoner's will to live is described with agonizing realism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761822984
• ISBN13: 9780761822981
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 288 Pages