ZVI : The Miraculous Story of Triumph Over the Holocaust [Paperback]

Elwood McQuaid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2000

For more than half a century ZVI has endured as the best-selling book produced by The Friends of Israel. Millions of people have been touched by this story of a World War II waif in Warsaw, Poland. As a 10-year-old Jewish boy, Zvi was separated from his parents and forced to face the trials of survival in Adolph Hitler's crazed world. How he triumphed against all odds and found his way to Israel and faith in the Messiah is one of the greatest stories of our time. Now ZVI and the sequel, ZVI AND THE NEXT GENERATION, are combined in a new book, ZVI: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER THE HOLOCAUST. The whole story—together at last and updated with new information that will thrill your heart. This is a book you will find difficult to lay down. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2)

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About the Author

ELWOOD MCQUAID served for thirteen years as the executive director of The Friends of Israel. He is currently editor-in-chief of Friends of Israel’s world-renowned magazine, ISRAEL MY GLORY, where his articles appear regularly, and is the well-known host of the ministry’s radio programs. Mr. McQuaid is one of America’s foremost spokesmen on current trends and events involving the Middle East and Israel and is a frequent contributor to international publications, including THE JERUSALEM POST. Interviews with him currently can be heard each week on Jerusalem Post Radio. Mr. McQuaid is the author of numerous books, including ZVI: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER THE HOLOCAUST, which was a 2001 Gold Medallion Book Award Finalist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 347 pages
• Publisher: Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry (October 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915540665
• ISBN-13: 978-0915540662
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > Holocaust

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! An unforgettable, touching testimony..., April 1, 2003

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Christiana Washington (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZVI : The Miraculous Story of Triumph Over the Holocaust (Paperback)

This book touched me in ways I had not expected. Zvi survived the atrocities of the holocaust and lived to tell the world what really happened. His life was nearly destroyed by Hitler's evil regime, but God had another plan in mind for the life of little Zvi. This book is a golden triumph!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zvi is the most amazing Messianic Jew of our time!, May 7, 2002

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"beggarbooks" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZVI : The Miraculous Story of Triumph Over the Holocaust (Paperback)

A book that will touch your heart and stay with you for the rest of your life. Don't miss this one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holocaust survivors do not have to live with the past; the past lives within them, June 6, 2011

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Alter Wiener (Hillsboro OR U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZVI : The Miraculous Story of Triumph Over the Holocaust (Paperback)

Elwood McQuaid deserves credit for compiling Henryk Weichert's amazing and uplifting life story. It is a sad chronology of horrific events in the life of a ten-year old Jewish boy, in occupied Poland. To save their son from Nazi persecution, Henryk's mother dropped him off at an orphanage. From that moment Henryk never saw his mother and the rest of his family again. When the orphanage closed down he became homeless, a suffering wanderer. By hiding his Jewish identity, he managed to survive. He pulled through the war by begging, stealing and at times working as a farmers' hand, outside the Warsaw Ghetto.

When the WWII ended in may 1945, the killing centers in Poland and Germany could no longer murder innocent people. Survivors needed help to be revived. The narrated travails that Henryk had to endure, after the war, are illustrative of difficulties Holocaust survivors had been encountering after the liberation. This phenomenon is not common awareness. As a Holocaust survivor, I know how difficult it was to locate surviving family members, to find shelter or basic necessities. The Russian Army that liberated me told me:" you are liberated, but you are on your own." There were so many hurdles and obstacles on our path to recover from bondage, to heal our physical and mental scars to reinvigorate our emaciated bodies. For me, the Holocaust did not completely vanish with the end of the war. Distressful times have been lingering on. Like Henryk, ominous occurrences and phobias will continue to simmer in my mind till the end of my days. Holocaust survivors do not have to live with the past; the past lives within them. As McQuaid writes, the tattooed numbers on their forearms faded somewhat over the years, but the memories had not. While we may wear today nice suits we cannot forget the striped uniforms we had to wear in the concentration camps.