In this unique living testimony, illustrated with nearly 80 color illustrations, a Holocaust survivor shares his experiences to honor the millions, including his friends, whose voices were silenced during the dark days of World War II.

Originally published as "Youth in Chains" in 1958 and "Guns & Barbed Wire" in 1987. Includes index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Prologue: an unknown future, Berlin 1939 -- Stettin and Beuthen 1929-39 -- Berlin 1939-40 -- Berlin 1941-2 -- Liquidation 1943 -- Auschwitz-Birkenau -- Quarantine -- Bricklaying school -- Surviving -- Exhaustion -- Desperation -- Kindness among chaos -- A veteran now -- The wind of change -- Retreat from liberty -- Gross-Rosen camp -- Evacuation -- Buchenwald camp -- Free at last -- Epilogue.