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When Phillipe Petain, the collaborationist head of Vichy France, agrees to trade Jewish prisoners to the Nazis in exchange for French prisoners, Eddie is put on a train to Auschwitz, but uses a stolen screwdriver to pry up the floor tiles of his compartment and escape.
Jul 28, 2020 · But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.
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- Eddie Jaku
May 4, 2021 · A New York Times Bestseller. In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life.
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- Eddie Jaku
Jul 28, 2020 · He now believes he is the 'happiest man on earth'. Published as Eddie turns 100, this is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
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- His Enduring Pursuit of Kindness and Connection Serves Him well.
- His Sense of Hope Leads The way.
- Eddie Teaches Us That Happiness Is A Choice in The Happiest Man on Earth.
Eddie is a loving, caring, and all-around incredible human being. Even in the darkest of hours, he seeks and appreciates the kindness and goodness of others. A key person in this story is Eddie’s best friend, Kurt. On rediscovering each other at Auschwitz, they cared for each other like brothers. Eddie carved out brick space behind a toilet wall th...
Hope is a central theme in this story. Even when all seems hopeless, Eddie’s big heart and ability to remain hopeful are astonishing. After recently escaping, Eddie discovers how frail he is. In fact, it takes all the strength he has to drag himself to the side of the highway. Soon after, American soldiers discover him, wrap him in a blanket, and t...
What made Eddie the Happiest Man on Earth? A promise that he made to himself. He said, “I promised when I came out of the darkest hours of my life that I would be happy for the rest of my life and smile, because if you smile, the world smiles with you. Life is not always happiness. Sometimes, there are many hard days. But you must remember that you...
Jan 29, 2024 · Jaku’s gripping and highly dramatic memoir, published in 2021, explains how and why, despite all he endured during the Holocaust, he called himself “the happiest man on earth.”
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But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested, and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country.
- Eddie Jaku
