The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz

Where there is family, there is hope . . .
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Vienna, 1939.
Nazi police seize Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer and his son, Fritz, and send the pair to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.
When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz, a certain death sentence, his son refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.
Based on Gustav's secret diary and meticulous archive research, this book tells their incredible story for the first time - a story of courage and survival unparalleled in the history of the Holocaust.
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz is a reminder of both the best and the worst of humanity, the strength of family ties, and the power of the human spirit.
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The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated by The Cut Out Girl, The Choice and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
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[@MissHelloTashey]

One of the best books I’ve ever read. A heartbreaking true story but told so well.

[@paulbrandel7348]

Hello Tasha, it's on my long list of books to read this year. Stay safe, Tasha.

[@kellytimms129]

I just finished the book and it was great!!! I follow the author on Twitter!!!

[@janicecroissiert9116]

I just started reading the book. Wow! And, I have read a lot about. the Holocaust. Not done reading. Sooooo sad.

[@wzukr]

You must have read a lot of rubbish then. "Told so well", are you kidding me?

[@Peace-pc9xp]

I have read this book recently and still could not get over the horrific, mind boggling, out-of-this-world kind of details! Definitely, one of the best books I have ever read -- and I have read many. I have shared the bits and pieces of the story with many of my friends. This book shows, one more time, how human beings could be even more savage than beasts of a jungle when they don't have what it takes to be a good and decent human being ... characteristics like conscience, compassion, justice, caring, helping others, love for humankind without any kind of prejudice...

[@janicecroissiert9116]

Can’t believe these horrible people were way beyond cruel. My GOD.

[@inightflight712]

“He could neither see it nor smell it, but Gustav knew the landscape through which he guessed they were passing now: the fields, the green distant hills and mountains, the quaint little villages. He had grown up here, bled for his country here, and now the rail tracks were bringing home back one last time, to die here”

[@merferro2250]

just read this part, heartbreaking how the tables turned

[@hildedelahaye3424]

just finished the book! it's a horrible testimony of the cruelty of people. WE MUST NEVER FORGET!!!

[@tirnaspideoga]

I just read this book and it's the most powerful and emotional, sad and hard to read true story I've ever read. Everyone should read this.

[@kathleenlowy9699]

I just finished this book which literally takes you through the horrible journey that Gustav & Fritz Kleinmann suffered from the Nazi terror- to put it as best I can.It is hard to express how shocking this family and others were treated.This book needs to be read by everyone. Also very well written- I could not put it down...yet-at the same time -it was very difficult to read...unbelievable the depths of depravity in Hitler’s monstrous regime.Should be must reading in high schools and college courses

[@oliviamefi1187]

Thank you Jeremy for writing this and to Kurt and your family. My heart broke in a million pieces reading this extraordinary sad real life horrible you had to experience. I'm glad I read it and highly recommend it to all. God Bless you Kurt. From New Zealand

[@jimgollagher9412]

Thank you Jeremy, I have watched many youtube vids on this subject and this is the first book on it I have read . What an absolute eye opener and so hard to read, but we must . I had to put it down a few times as it is so well written that the emotions became overwhelming. I cannot pretend to imagine what life was like for those survivers or of the mindset of the perpetrators. It is unimaginable how factions are trying to erase this from history . It must never be forgotten for the risk of repeating .

[@graemeaustralia6624]

My thoughts go out to this man also all the other million's who had to go through this

[@phorner1983]

Finished reading this on my lunch break today. It's a book I won't forget for a long time. Absolutely incredible work detailing one of the most horrifying episodes in human history. Jeremy Dronfield says he felt a responsibility to do the story justice and I think he can rest easy knowing that was a achieved. Arguably the best book I've ever read and there's been many

[@wzukr]

"Jeremy Dronfield says he felt a responsibility to do the story justice and I think he can rest easy knowing that was a achieved. " ROFL, he´s sure laugung about the naive and uneducated people who prefer a "good read" instead facts.

[@grace9105]

I'm not done reading the book. But after every chapter, I have to take a break and cry. So moving and haunting. But I know I have to continue reading because this is history that cannot be ignored

[@ChessMusclesBro]

What a harrowing, poignant and yet motivational story. The best book I’ve ever read.

[@Cazza1206]

Just finished this book last night and I cried....Wow! The book completely sucked me into that time and made me feel like I was taking that journey with them, an incredible story of survival. Thank you.x

[@merseywhogirl3430]

I just finished reading Jeremy's book, literally 10 minutes ago. It is extremely powerful. I have read dozens of Shoah books and would highly recommend this book. It's extraordinary!!

[@amandaallen9460]

I just bought this book this past weekend..so far it's amazing

[@DogKata]

An amazing book and a wonderful discussion. Kurt is such a warm modest man.

[@Lovelyhouseonahill]

Amazing book, amazing story of strength

[@amandaallen9460]

Just bought this book yesterday . I have yet to read it, but am going to start now

[@Swanurinn]

By far one of the best books I have read. Jeremy Dronefield has become one of my favorite authors.

[@m.b.8558]

Das Buch habe ich gerade erst gelesen. Es lässt mich weinend und schmerzerfüllt zurück. Durch was für eine Hölle sind sie gegangen! Und dennoch hat das Schicksal es mit Gustav und Fritz gut gemeint und sie konnten sich nach der Trennung wieder sehen ❤ Wenn ich als Vater eines Jungen darüber nachdenke….ein Albtraum! Danke an den Autor und allen Mitwirkenden für diese großartige Aufarbeitung.

[@Swellington_]

The stone crusher is about fritz and Gustav too, it's on audible for free and it's absolutely fantastic! Can't recommend it enough

[@mariaswales5124]

Havent quite finished reading it yet , cant put it down , so moving , what they went through is almost unbelievable , bless them , amazing !

[@kate43147]

Beautiful boom. And so realistically describes everything happening. The utter horror of it...

[@shellyhm2477]

Such a beautiful book, such a sad time in human history. Poor Kurt, I believe he cannot remember the parting from his mother and sister because as a young child it was simply too traumatic. The brain has ways of protecting us and I think it shut that out and purged the memory so that Kurt would be able to go on to a new life. Blessings to all who had to live through such a horrible ordeal. I cry for his dear mother. Jeremy really captured her desperation. I truly felt it. Thank you for writing this book. It’s October 2021, I recently picked this up at Books-A-Million in Merritt Island Florida. I will definitely recommend it to everyone!

[@oliviamefi1187]

Just got this book out today from the library. Looking forward to reading it then ill come back and finish watching this.

[@chloeweir6720]

i finished reading this book yesterday... there is not one part of the book where i couldn’t stop reading. heartbreaking but beautiful. definitely recommend

[@jahanhussain3402]

just finished the book today ! a beautiful, heartrending story

[@marthaceballos1463]

The best book i've ever read in my life.

[@RamSadeh]

What a book- written so visually so much with passion I can’t put it down

[@nikkisismondo2519]

I just bought this book and I’m only on page 5 and crying!

[@janicecroissiert9116]

Me too. Just started reading it.

[@deberk44]

Yesterday I finished reading this very good en hartbreaking book. Everybody should read this book

[@missbonnie18]

"It is true that Jews in Germany have not been formally condemned to death; it has only been made impossible for them to live" 🖤 for me, this is the saddest quote from the book

[@sealovegames4357]

I just read the book it is very powerful and gives you a look at how horrible camps were.

[@juliekuisle8773]

A must read!

[@brandydinsmore8214]

Can someone explain in the book who the narrator named Ben was supposed to be. The various points of view changes from Gustav to Ima or the mom and the older brother but sometimes it says Ben and during those sections, it was about Kurt some of the times.

[@kaemlice]

I am reading this book right now. I can't put it down

[@juanmajg3113]

Acabo de terminar el libro y es una relato estremecedor. Mis sinceros respetos para aquellos hombres y mujeres que sobrevivieron y murieron en aquella babarie alemana. Good bless you Fritz and Gustav

[@angeljlago]

I read the book, that’s why I’m here!

[@jimiwhat79]

Read this beautiful book about the horrors many jews and others went through.. thank you

[@teknerife]

Alguien puede traducirlo a español?

[@katrinaaquino1091]

I just finished reading the book, two thumps up

[@vanessaramirez2675]

Cada sobreviviente muestra una historia desgarradora lo lei rapidísimo me hubiera gustado ver los rostros de Gustav y Fritz, llore tanto Dios bendiga al pueblo de Israel 😪😪

[@allysonh6410]

What the Kleinmann family went through is horrifying and heartbreaking. Period. 😰😢💔 But when u fudge many things in the book, it disrespects the true story of what they went through imo. It also gives Holocaust deniers ammo. I mean there’s no record of Fritz’s death?? Not even in his own father’s diary?? And the fabulous scene in the bath house was entirely made up cuz the author doesn’t know “exactly when Gustav found out his son was actually alive”?? Hmmm. So for me the rest of the book could be in question I would give this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@annabellebraeuning9205]

There are tons of files which have been destroyed by the Nazis when it became clear that the allies will come soon.

[@A.Marius]

Am citit cartea, o poveste extraordinara