Last Selection Book

	List of Illustrations
	Foreword
	Preface
1	My Hometown of Bodzentyn	3
2	Our Home	13
3	Joys of Early Childhood	19
4	Grandfather Nus'n's Estate	25
5	An Evening at Home	31
6	Sabbath at Home	33
7	The Yearly Cycle in Bodzentyn	41
8	The Approach of War	71
9	The Outbreak of War	80
10	The Beginning of the Occupation under the Nazis	90
11	1940: New Edicts and the Influx of Refugees under the Nazis	98
12	1941: The Confiscation of the Family Enterprises and the Arrest of Uncle Froyim	106
13	1942: Father Is Sought for Questioning	115
14	The Decision to Abandon Bodzentyn	122
15	We Abandon Bodzentyn	129
16	To the Surowjecki Farm in Swietomarz	138
17	The Liquidation of Bodzentyn	143
18	The Liquidation of Starachowice	149
19	Ups and Downs at the Surowjecki Farm	158
20	The Family at the Starachowice Labor Camp	170
21	Perils and Tragedy at the Surowjecki Farm: Swietomarz Becomes Too Unsafe to Remain My Haven	182
22	A Short Interval in Jadowniki	187
23	A Longer Interval in Swislina	192
24	Back with the Family at the Labor Camp in Starachowice	199
25	The Journey to Auschwitz	217
26	Arrival and Initiation at Auschwitz	219
27	Auschwitz: Structure and Order	223
28	Settling into the "Life" of Auschwitz	226
29	The Last Gold Coin	231
30	Family Illness at Auschwitz	233
31	Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death	237
32	The Last Weeks at Auschwitz	243
33	The Death March to Bergen-Belsen	247
34	Bergen-Belsen: Structure and Order	251
35	The British Enter Bergen-Belsen	257
	Epilogue	264
	List of Close Relatives	267