''Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir'' is a book written by
David Faber. The book chronicles the events in the life of Faber and the horrors of living in
Nazi concentration camps. All of Faber's family was killed except his sister who was in England at the time. Faber's brother, Romek (a nickname), was a Polish soldier and a prisoner of war in Buchenwald. After his release from Buchenwald, he was active in the Polish Underground. Romek was eventually caught and tortured for information before he was murdered in front of his brother Faber.
Review
Sonia Eliot of the ''
San Diego Reader'' wrote:
See also
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The Holocaust
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Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...
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Polish Underground State
The Polish Underground State ( pl, Polskie Państwo Podziemne, also known as the Polish Secret State) was a single political and military entity formed by the union of resistance organizations in occupied Poland that were loyal to the Gover ...
References
External links
''Because of Romek''(Archived fro
the originalon 12 March 2007)
Buchenwald: Photos From the Liberation of the Camp, April 1945(Images from LIFE.com)
Personal accounts of the Holocaust
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