From Hell to Redemption: A Memoir of the Holocaust FROM THE PUBLISHER
Boris Kacel enjoyed a carefree life as a youngster living with his family in a peaceful middle-class neighborhood in Riga, Latvia. All of that changed in 1941 when the German troops attacked the Soviet Union, crossing the border from the Baltic to the Ukraine. Initially, Kacel and his family were forced to move into a Jewish ghetto in the slum area of the city. Soon, however, he and his father were relocated to a different part of the ghetto while the rest of the family, including his mother, two younger sisters, and a younger brother, perished in an "evacuation." Kacel and his father were subsequently incarcerated at seven different concentration camps located in four different countries. Separating from his father, Kacel later made a daring escape from the Nazis and was eventually liberated by the U.S. Armed Forces. After living a few years in Germany, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1947, where he eventually reunited with his father and found a satisfying and productive life. After the end of the war, he had no desire to return to his homeland.
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Kacel was 20 when German troops attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, passing through and occupying Riga, Latvia, where he had grown up. He recounts being relocated to a Jewish ghetto in the slum, the separation of his family and death of many members, his escape from the Nazi and liberation by US armed forces, his move to the US in 1947, and his eventual reuniting with his father. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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