Noah – Von einem, der überlebte

Pursued, smuggler, prisoner, thief, sailor, fighter, savior. The story of a hero. Noah Klieger was 13 when he joined a Jewish underground organization during the German occupation of Belgium and helped smuggle Jewish children to Switzerland. Noah Klieger was 16 when he arrived as a prisoner in Auschwitz at dawn, in sub-zero temperatures. He had never boxed before, but on the day of his arrival at the extermination camp, when asked if there were any boxers among the prisoners, his hand went up. The daily special ration of soup for the members of the Auschwitz boxing team allowed him to survive long enough. Noah Klieger was 20 when the extermination camps were liberated. He survived three death marches and four concentration camps at a time when a word, a raised hand, or a step could mean death or life. Even in the dark, freezing hours, he found hope, found fighters for resistance against the Germans, found allies who stole potatoes with him, found a doctor who saved his life, found cunning and luck and a final loaf of bread. Takis Würger tells the life story of Noah Klieger - from his childhood in 1920s France, his survival in the Nazi extermination camps, to his commitment to the founding of the State of Israel. The account of a great life - breathtakingly well told. A story that must not be forgotten.