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Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling
by Mark S. Smith

Published: 2010-07-09
Hardcover : 256 pages
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The story of a man who survived Treblinka, to be haunted by his memories for 50 years?and ultimately, to be killed by them More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka and fewer than 70 came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, 50 years later, did he jump to his ...
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The story of a man who survived Treblinka, to be haunted by his memories for 50 years?and ultimately, to be killed by them
 
More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka and fewer than 70 came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, 50 years later, did he jump to his death from a bridge in Scotland? The answer lies in a long-forgotten, published account of the Treblinka death camp, written by Hershl Sperling himself in the months after liberation, discovered in his briefcase after his suicide, and reproduced here for the first time. Including previously unpublished photographs, this book traces the life of a man who survived five concentration camps, and details what he had to do to achieve this. Hershl’s story, from his childhood in a small Polish town to the bridge in faraway Scotland, is testament to the lasting torment of those very few who survived the Nazis’ most efficient and gruesome death factory. The author personally follows in his subject’s footsteps from Klobuck, to Treblinka, to Glasgow.

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  "It is important to read about this awful historic event so that it will never be repeated."by Gail R. (see profile) 01/16/15

Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death Of Hershl Sperling, Mark Smith
The book is repetitive at times, but it is well researched and shows the author’s deep attachment to the Sperling fam
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