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The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz : A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival

‘We felt an urge to document what we had witnessed. If we who had experienced it, I reasoned, did not reveal the bitter truth, people simply would not believe the extent of the Nazis’ evil. I wanted to share our life, the events and our struggle to survive.’

Thomas Geve was just 15 years old when he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. It was the third concentration camp he had survived. Upon arrival at Auschwitz- Birkenau, Thomas was separated from his mother and left to fend for himself in the men’s camp of Auschwitz I, at the age of 13. During the 22 months he was imprisoned, he was subjected to, and forced to observe first-hand, the inhumane world of Nazi concentration camps.

On his eventual release Thomas felt compelled to capture daily life in the death camps in more than eighty profoundly moving drawings. Infamous scenarios synonymous with this dark period of history were portrayed in poignant but simplistic detail with extraordinary accuracy.

Despite the unspeakable events he experienced, Thomas decided to become an active witness and tell the truth about life in the camps. He has spoken to audiences from around the world and continues to raise awareness about the Holocaust.

The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz presents a rare living testimony through the eyes of a child who had the unique ability to observe and remember every detail around him and chose to document it all.


Author:

  • Thomas Geve

Narrator:

  • Mark Meadows

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 9 h 13 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • True stories
  • Heroism and survival

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    Thomas Geve

    Thomas Geve was born in Germany in October 1929. As Nazi persecution intensified, the family faced danger and hardship and moved around often. Thomas’s father fled to England, schools for Jewish children closed, and Thomas became a cemetery worker in Berlin. Eventually, he and his mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June 1943. Against all odds, Thomas survived 22 months of three concentration camps and was liberated in April 1945. He was never to see his mother again. After a period of recuperation in Switzerland, Thomas and his father were reunited in London, where he completed his studies and graduated as a building engineer. In 1950 Thomas settled in Israel, where he raised a family and now lives peacefully in retirement.

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