Yoram Fridman (M / Poland, 1934-2017), Holocaust survivor
Yoram Fridman (M / Poland, 1934-2017), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Warsaw Ghetto> <Street Children>
- MEMOIRS : Run Boy Run (2011), by Uri Orlev -- Run Boy Run (film, 2013), by Pepe Danquart
Biography
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Yoram Fridman was born Sept 19, 1934 in Błonie, Poland. In 1942, at age 8, he escaped from the Warsaw ghetto and spent the rest of the war as a street child in rural Nazi-occupied Poland. After the war he moved to Israel. His experience attract the attention of Uri Orlev who in 2011 made him the protagonist of a novel, which in 2013 became a movie.
Book : Run Boy Run (2011), by Uri Orlev
- Uri Orlev, רוץ ילד, רוץ (Run Boy Run; 2001)
"“'Srulik, there’s no time. I want you to remember what I’m going to tell you. You have to stay alive. You have to! Get someone to teach you how to act like a Christian, how to cross yourself and pray. . . . The most important thing, Srulik,' he said, talking fast, 'is to forget your name. Wipe it from your memory. . . . But even if you forget everything—even if you forget me and Mama—never forget that you’re a Jew.'" ... And so, at only eight years old, Srulik Frydman says goodbye to his father for the last time and becomes Jurek Staniak, an orphan on the run in the Polish countryside at the height of the Holocaust. With the danger of capture by German soldiers ever-present, Jurek must fight against starvation, the punishing Polish winters, and widespread anti-Semitism as he desperately searches for refuge. Told with the unflinching honesty and unique perspective of such a young child, Run, Boy, Run is the extraordinary account of one boy’s struggle to stay alive in the face of almost insurmountable odds—a story all the more incredible because it is true."--Publisher description.
Film : Run Boy Run (2013), by Pepe Danquart
The screenplay was written by Heinrich Hadding and Pepe Danquart, based on the novel Run Boy Run by Uri Orlev. The world premiere of the film took place on November 5, 2013, at the FilmFestival Cottbus in Germany. The role of Jurek Staniak (Yoram Fridman) was interpreted by twins Andrzej and Kamil Tkacz.