Bialystok to Birkenau [Paperback]

Michel Mielnicki (Author), John Munro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 2000

This profoundly honest Holocaust memoir describes the transformation of everyday anti-Semitism into the Holocaust nightmare. Central to the story are the years Mielnicki spent in the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Mittelbau-Dora and Belsen. Mielnicki’s account is a harrowing yet powerfully redeeming human drama. Includes over 30 black and white photos and maps.

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"This is a story ... of the lives, qualities, enthusiasm and Jewish hearts that were destroyed in the twentieth century." -- Sir Martin Gilbert

About the Author

Michel Mielnicki was born in 1927 in Wasilkow, a few kilometers from Bialystok in north-eastern Poland. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to Canada where, from his home base in Montreal, he soon became known as "Mr. Michel", one of Canada’s premier fur fashion designers. He now makes his home in Vancouver, BC where he is involved in Holocaust education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press (November 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0921870779
• ISBN-13: 978-0921870777
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,727,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important, compelling, and well written testimony, February 10, 2001

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Tilford Bartman (Holden, Ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bialystok to Birkenau (Paperback)

This is an important, interesting, compelling, and well written testimony by Mr.Mielnicki. It is the kind of work that will take one beyond the well known general statistics and facts of the holocaust, and also into the realm of the heart. In particular it is highly informative regarding events in the Bialystok Region, from which hundreds of thousands of Jewish people were murdered. I read it in one sitting, and paused only when in it's pages I unexpectedly found Mr. Mielnicki's first hand account of the destruction of my families town of Zabludow Poland on June 26th, 1941. I highly recommend this book. In fact,it is a book that in an ideal world would be read by everyone. It contains a very good introduction by Sir Martin Gilbert, and is well illustrated with maps, and interesting and well chosen photos. This is a book to own

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important, compelling, and well written testimony, February 10, 2001

By 

Tilford Bartman (Holden, Ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bialystok to Birkenau (Paperback)

This is an important, interesting, compelling, and well written testimony by Mr.Mielnicki. It is the kind of work that will take one beyond the well known general statistics and facts of the holocaust, and also into the realm of the heart. In particular it is highly informative regarding events in the Bialystok Region, from which hundreds of thousands of Jewish people were murdered. I read it in one sitting, and paused only when in it's pages I unexpectedly found Mr. Mielnicki's first hand account of the destruction of my families town of Zabludow Poland on June 26th, 1941. I highly recommend this book. In fact,it is a book that in an ideal world would be read by everyone. It contains a very good introduction by Sir Martin Gilbert, and is well illustrated with maps, and interesting and well chosen photos. This is a book to own