Witness For My Father: A World War II Story Of Loss Hope And Discovery

Martin Weigen was eleven when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Starachowice Poland. He survived the death march from Auschwitz imprisonment at Buchenwald and the deaths of his family before his liberation at Dachau and the decision that changed the course of his life.He never spoke of it.Fifty years later a surprise telephone call opens the door to Martins past sparking a series of events that reignited memories of courage fear impossible chances harrowing escapes and the unexpected friendship between a young Holocaust survivor and an African-American lieutenant.Witness For My Father as told by the author Martins daughter is a story of devastating loss but also one of hope heroism and the triumph of human kindness.