Light One Candle: A Survivor's Tale from Lithuania to Jerusalem [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

On June 22, 1941, 13-year-old Solly Ganor and his family fled their home in Kaunas, Lithuania, when the German Luftwaffe attacked. Two months later, they were forced to enter the Kaunas ghetto, where they suffered from hunger, backbreaking labor, beatings, disease, cold, fear, and humiliation. Many of the Jews were murdered by the Germans and Lithuanians. In June_ 1944, the author and his father were sent to Dachau, from which they were rescued by Japanese American soldiers on May 2, 1945. The author's sister survived; his mother and brother perished. Forty-seven years later, Ganor was reunited with his rescuer in Israel. Light One Candle is an extraordinary memoir, an incredible story of hope and faith in the face of evil. George Cohen -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

"It is time now...to tell the tale of Sugihara, the Japanese hero, who stepped across the divide of race and culture to serve fellow humans. In telling of Sugihara's moral grandeur, Ganor does a service for all of us." -Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List

"This absorbing memoir, with its records of suffering and catharsis, is a valuable addition to the Holocaust literature." -Publishers Weekly

"Light One Candle Is an extraordinary memoir, an incredible story of hope and faith in the face of evil." -Booklist

This is the author's account of what befell him when the Nazis invaded Lithuania and war engulfed Europe. Intense and compelling, Ganor describes in detail his years in the Kaunas ghetto and in Nazi death camps. The tale also includes the remarkable story of the Japanese ambassador Sugihara (often called the Japanese Schindler), who, in defiance of his Foreign Ministry, began writing transit visas for thousands of Jews to flee Lithuania and the Nazis. "Light One Candle" describes Ganor's daily battles with terror; it is often his wits that keep him alive, at other times it is a simple twist of fate. The startling conclusion tells of his rescue from the snow at Dachau by a Japanese-American soldier.

This is the author's account of what befell him when the Nazis invaded Lithuania and war engulfed Europe. Intense and compelling, Ganor describes in detail his years in the Kaunas ghetto and in Nazi death camps. The tale also includes the remarkable story of the Japanese ambassador Sugihara (often called the Japanese Schindler), who, in defiance of his Foreign Ministry, began writing transit visas for thousands of Jews to flee Lithuania and the Nazis. "Light One Candle" describes Ganor's daily battles with terror; it is often his wits that keep him alive, at other times it is a simple twist of fate. The startling conclusion tells of his rescue from the snow at Dachau by a Japanese-American soldier.

Never Again the Holocaust
I want to thank my readers for their wonderful reviews. I am really touched and feel that my writing of the book was not in vain. I want to take this time to remember especially my liberator, Clarence Matsamura, of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion who liberated me at a little town in Bavaria called Waakirchen on May 2, 1945. I also want to remember the Consul Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, who was a lighthouse of inspiration for me during my time in the dark pit of the Holocaust. He issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees and saved their lives. Last, but not least, I want to thank Eric Saul, the historian from San Francisco, who made it all possible. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

SOLLY GANOR was born in Heydekrug, Lithuania, in 1928. After World War II he worked as an interpreter with the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, fought in Israel's War of Independence, then joined the Merchant Marine. After twelve years at sea, he married his wife, Pola. They now divide their time between La Jolla, California, and Herzelia, Israel.