This is a nonfiction, autobiographical narrative from the point of view of a teenager during the Holocaust of World War II - the riveting, true story of a young boy's survival in the face of Nazi atrocities. David Faber survived eight concentration camps between the ages of 13-18, including Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen. Because of Romek fulfills his promise to his dead mother to tell the world what happened. Second edition. Paperback.
CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of
the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth
of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and
whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S.
On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As he disembarked from the aircraft, he held aloft a piece of paper, which contained the promise that Britain and Germany would never go to war with one another again. He had returned bringing “Peace with honour—Peace for our time.” Drawing on a wealth of archival material, acclaimed historian David Faber delivers a sweeping reassessment of the extraordinary events of 1938, tracing the key incidents leading up to the Munich Conference and its immediate aftermath: Lord Halifax’s ill-fated meeting with Hitler; Chamberlain’s secret discussions with Mussolini; and the Berlin scandal that rocked Hitler’s regime. He takes us to Vienna, to the Sudentenland, and to Prague. In Berlin, we witness Hitler inexorably preparing for war, even in the face of opposition from his own generals; in London, we watch as Chamberlain makes one supreme effort after another to appease Hitler. Resonating with an insider’s feel for the political infighting Faber uncovers, Munich, 1938 transports us to the war rooms and bunkers, revealing the covert negotiations and scandals upon which the world’s fate would rest. It is modern history writing at its best.
Already a major star on CNBC, Fabber is the host of a series of prime-time specials. The bear-market panic that crippled the sale of investment books is beginning to lift as investors realize that, especially in bad times, they need to know how to avoid loser stocks and find the rare winners.
A gripping and revealing account of the 1938 Munich appeasement crisis and its aftermath, showing how close we came to winning peace, but losing our soul
David ist dreizehn, als die Wehrmacht im September 1939 in Polen einmarschiert. Für die Juden in Polen bedeutete die Besetzung des Landes vom ersten Augenblick an Verfolgung und Vernichtung. Von Anfang an ging man gewaltsam gegen sie vor. Auch David und seine Familie werden verhaftet und im Ghetto von Tarnów interniert. Hier muss David erleben, wie sein Bruder Romek von der Gestapo zu Tode gefoltert wird, wie Eltern und Geschwister vor seinen Augen ermordet werden. Im November 1943 wird David nach Auschwitz deportiert und später in das Straflager Jawischowitz verlegt. Als die Front immer näher rückt, werden er und die übrigen Insassen in gnadenlosen Todesmärschen nach Westen geführt. Nach einer grauenvollen Odyssee erreichen sie zunächst Buchenwald, schließlich das Lager Bergen-Belsen. Hier wird David im April 1945 von der britischen Armee befreit.
Kniha významného britského historika je jedním z ojedinělých děl, které popisují tuto klíčovou událost českých a evropských dějin z pohledu Velké Británie. Odráží doznívající traumata první světové války a obavy z nového konfliktu, kterému měla zabránit dohoda, spojovaná později se zradou a opuštěním spojence. Pohnutky aktérů a okolnosti byly samozřejmě mnohem složitější, ale pro českého čtenáře poskytuje britský pohled na toto období novou možnost vnímání širších souvislostí. Kniha vychází v roce 75. výročí popisovaných událostí.
