The Boy from Block 66. The True Story of a Child Who Survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald

At 13 years old, he arrived at Auschwitz.

At 14, he went through the "death march" and ended up in Buchenwald.

This is his story.

January 1945. Fourteen-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at the Buchenwald concentration camp along with several hundred other children. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz, lost all contact with his family, and survived the "death march" — two days of travel in freezing weather wearing only a thin pajama — Moshe miraculously remains alive.

In Buchenwald, Moshe's new home becomes Block 66. As the Allies approach, the Germans decide to destroy the camp and send the remaining prisoners on another "death march." However, the guards do not know that an underground movement is operating in Buchenwald, with the main goal of protecting the Buchenwald children from perishing. The resistance is led by the famous block elder Antonin Kalina, who personally saved over 900 children from all over Europe in the camp.

Carefully reconstructed and emotionally written, the story of Moshe Kessler recounts his life in Block 66, which became one of the most significant chapters in the history of the Holocaust.

The book contains 24 pages of color illustrations.