Gatehouse to Hell by Felix Opatowski
Felix Opatowski is only fifteen years old when he takes on the perilous job of smuggling goods out of the Lodz ghetto in exchange for food for his starving family. It is a skill that will serve him well as he tries to stay alive in Nazi-occupied Poland. With dogged determination, Felix endures months of harrowing conditions in the ghetto and slave labour camps until he is deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in the spring of 1943. Recognized for his nerve and daring spirit, he is soon recruited as a runner for the Polish Underground inside the camp and is implicated in the infamous plot to blow up the camp crematoria--something for which he pays dearly. Gatehouse to Hell is a candid and heart-rending account of a teenage boy who comes of age in desperate conditions, putting himself at risk to help others, forming bonds of friendship and holding onto hope for the future.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781897470268 |
| ISBN 10 | 1897470266 |
| Title | Gatehouse to Hell |
| Author | Felix Opatowski |
| Series | The Azrieli Holocaust Survivor Memoirs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program |
| Year published | 2011-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Autobiography/Memoir) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |