Jack Werber

The son of a Polish furrier, Werber was sent to the Nazi slave labor camp at Buchenwald during World War II. He was a barracks clerk and heard from a new arrival that the Nazis had killed his wife and his 3-year-old daughter. He felt he had nothing to live for, until a short time later when a trainload of 2,000 new prisoners arrived -- including many young boys. Thoughts of his wife and daughter "drove me in my obsession to save children," he said later. Rather than let the boys be shipped off to death camps, he was able to hide most of the boys in the barracks he was responsible for. It was August 1944, and many of the guards knew the end of the war was near. They kept quiet about the scheme when they found out and, fearing war crimes trials told him, "Remember that I did this for you." More than 700 of the children survived. Werber knew the odds: he himself had arrived at the camp with around 3,200 other men; only he and 10 others of that group survived the camp. After the war Werber emigrated to the United States, where he started a manufacturing business. He died in New York on November 18 from a heart attack at 92. From This is True for 19 November 2006 Suggestions for further reading: The Boy In the Striped Pajamas (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Random House Movie Tie... by John Boyne Amazon Price: $8.99 Customer Review: If you want to read a book about the holocaust, go for Maus I & II. I would bypass this one. It began with the author saying he couldn't really explain this book. Shame, if he had I wouldn't have read it. It started off from the perspective of a 9 ...   The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, John Scherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: Because of my love for learning about World War II, I was instantly drawn to this book. I loved it! This being a true story of one lady and her family and how they worked to help many Jewish families and how it affected them directly, w...   Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz by Rudolf Höss Amazon Price: Customer Review: Other reviews have adequately described the uniqueness of this diary. I want to comment briefly on its contents. What I found fascinating was Hoss' description of the petty rivalries various bureacracies within the Nazi regime had for e...   The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals ... by Heinz Heger Amazon Price: $9.56 Customer Review: A very gripping account of how gays were discriminated in nazi germany. The path of a homosexual as he tries to survive in a concentration camp. I read it as a required reading for a college class but it was a very interesting read. Most eye opening ...   Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp by Christopher R. Browning Amazon Price: $18.45 Customer Review: I pre-ordered this book. Our local library (just like the rest of the country) is low in funds. I decided to donate this to the library and then check it out to read it. Thus far I haven't had the chance since when I look for it someone else has it a...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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