MEET THE AUTHOR

Book and Author: The Boy Who Lost His Birthday: A Memoir of Loss, Survival, and Triumph byRabbi Laszlo Berkowits

When: Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

Where:
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
2031 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL  33020

RSVP: Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Diana Loreman, Librarian, at (954) 929-5690 Ext. 209 or email diana@hdec.org.

The Boy Who Lost His Birthday is the uplifting story of one man's journey from boyhood in rural Hungary to triumph over oppression during the Holocaust and finally to a role as a spiritual leader in America. Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits' compelling memoir recounts his happy childhood memories in Derecske, Hungary where he was a member of a thriving Jewish community and aspired to become a cantor. Stricken with wartime poverty, Berkowits and his father left their home and family behind to seek work in Budapest. It was there that they were rounded up with other Budapest Jews and shipped by sealed train to Auschwitz in the summer of 1944. Berkowits vividly narrates his treacherous experience as a sixteen year-old boy surviving in the notorious Nazi concentration camp until its liberation by American troops.

You may purchase the book at Amazon.com (and we will receive a small donation from Amazon - at no extra cost to you!). It will also be available for purchase after the presentation, when the authors present will personally inscribe your copy on request.

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