Moyshe Rekhtman

Moyshe Rekhtman (M / Ukraine, 1927).

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• <Memoirs> Here My Home Once Stood (2008)

Biography

Moyshe Rekhtman was born in 1927 to a Jewish family.

Book : Here My Home Once Stood (2008)

• Moyshe Rekhtman, Here My Home Once Stood (San Rafael, CA : Fourth Generation Pub., 2008).

"As a fourteen-year-old Jewish boy who had rarely ventured outside his small, remote village, Moyshe Rekhtman may seem an unlikely escape artist. But his iron will and quick wit allowed him to survive when all seemed lost. Staging escapes from death camps and avoiding Nazi pursuit through the frozen Ukrainian countryside-all while facing the loss of his family, famine, constant threat of capture, torture, and execution - would be a monumental task for the strongest of men. Despite his mild manners, emaciated body, and poor vision, he evaded the death squads in Nazi-occupied Ukraine for four years. Moyshe's Holocaust memoir is a remarkable example of human fortitude during a time when many welcomed an end to their suffering."--Publisher description.