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THE STRENGTH OF HOPE
A Holocaust Survivor's Guide to Life and Love
One of most uplifting stories you will ever read. Abram Goldberg, 97, is a beacon of joy and optimism, and a master of keeping perspective.
This year is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The day Abram and his mother arrived at Auschwitz death camp they both knew it would be her last. In their final moment together, Abram's mum urged her nineteen-year-old son to 'do everything humanly possible to survive, and tell people what happened here.' Then she was taken to a gas chamber and murdered. Abram had already endured and survived so much until that moment but with his strength of hope, sometimes reduced to a flicker, he survived. With the exception of his sister who had escaped to Russia, the rest of his family did not.
After liberation, Abram travelled back and forth across Europe, doing secret underground work and getting into dangerous scrapes including the night he and his friend were locked in a dungeon with a Nazi. He eventually found his way to Belgium, where he met the love of his love, fellow Auschwitz survivor, Cesia. The young couple made their way to Australia, where that flicker of hope grew as bright as the sun, illuminating everything they touched and everyone who came into their sphere. Without bitterness and always with perspective, Abram has never forgotten his mother's last words to him. And in their seventy-five years of marriage, Abram and Cesia have remained dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust and to living their lives to the fullest in tribute to its victims.
The Strength of Hope is full of wisdom, insight and daring, but at its heart it is a love story: for Cesia and for life itself.
All royalties from the sale of this book are going to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum in Australia, which Abram has been involved with since its inception in 1984.
Abram Goldberg was born in Lodz, Poland in 1924. Following the Nazi invasion, his family was sent to a camp near Krakow. Abe and his parents were imprisoned in Lodz Ghetto and forced to work as labourers. His father was deported in 1942 and murdered at Chelmno. In 1944 Abe and his mother were sent to Auschwitz, where his mother was gassed upon arrival.
Abe was sent to a series of camps before being liberated in 1945 in Wobbelin, Germany. He met his wife, Cesia, in Belgium in 1946. Cesia, a Holocaust survivor from Lodz, and Abe came to Melbourne, Australia in 1951.There they built a new life for themselves, having two children and running various restaurants including Melbourne's iconic, Goldys. Abe began volunteering at Melbourne's Jewish Holocaust Museum in 1984, became treasurer a few years later and is still a member of the executive board. He has been awarded numerous citizen and volunteer awards over the years, including an Order of Australia in 2013. He and Cesia just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in June.
This year is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The day Abram and his mother arrived at Auschwitz death camp they both knew it would be her last. In their final moment together, Abram's mum urged her nineteen-year-old son to 'do everything humanly possible to survive, and tell people what happened here.' Then she was taken to a gas chamber and murdered. Abram had already endured and survived so much until that moment but with his strength of hope, sometimes reduced to a flicker, he survived. With the exception of his sister who had escaped to Russia, the rest of his family did not.
After liberation, Abram travelled back and forth across Europe, doing secret underground work and getting into dangerous scrapes including the night he and his friend were locked in a dungeon with a Nazi. He eventually found his way to Belgium, where he met the love of his love, fellow Auschwitz survivor, Cesia. The young couple made their way to Australia, where that flicker of hope grew as bright as the sun, illuminating everything they touched and everyone who came into their sphere. Without bitterness and always with perspective, Abram has never forgotten his mother's last words to him. And in their seventy-five years of marriage, Abram and Cesia have remained dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust and to living their lives to the fullest in tribute to its victims.
The Strength of Hope is full of wisdom, insight and daring, but at its heart it is a love story: for Cesia and for life itself.
All royalties from the sale of this book are going to the Melbourne Holocaust Museum in Australia, which Abram has been involved with since its inception in 1984.
Abram Goldberg was born in Lodz, Poland in 1924. Following the Nazi invasion, his family was sent to a camp near Krakow. Abe and his parents were imprisoned in Lodz Ghetto and forced to work as labourers. His father was deported in 1942 and murdered at Chelmno. In 1944 Abe and his mother were sent to Auschwitz, where his mother was gassed upon arrival.
Abe was sent to a series of camps before being liberated in 1945 in Wobbelin, Germany. He met his wife, Cesia, in Belgium in 1946. Cesia, a Holocaust survivor from Lodz, and Abe came to Melbourne, Australia in 1951.There they built a new life for themselves, having two children and running various restaurants including Melbourne's iconic, Goldys. Abe began volunteering at Melbourne's Jewish Holocaust Museum in 1984, became treasurer a few years later and is still a member of the executive board. He has been awarded numerous citizen and volunteer awards over the years, including an Order of Australia in 2013. He and Cesia just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in June.
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Published 2022-09-01 by Affirm Press |