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Boy from Buchenwald, The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
Robbie Waisman, with Susan McClelland
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 978-1-5476-0600-9
Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish [1939-1945], World War II, Survivors
Romek (now Robbie) was 14 when liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Here he chronicles his survival and return to society. Photos, backmatter.