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Auschwitz, Auschwitz: I Cannot Forget You as Long as I Remain Alive
Auschwitz Auschwitz I Cannot Forget You as Long as I Remain Alive Author:Max Rodriguez Garcia Max Rodrigues Garcia was born in Amsterdam in 1924. His father saw that a major war was about to explode. He hoped that the Germans would bypass Holland as they had during WWI. But he was wrong: Hitler invaded Holland on May 10, 1940 and after many narrow escapes, Max was put on a train to Auschwitz. This book, Auschwitz, Auschwitz... I Cannot F... more »orget You, As Long as I Remain Alive, is the remarkable story of Max Garcia, the loss of his family and his survival of Auschwitz and three other camps. But this isn't a story about the past. It is a testimony to Max's life today, the influence of which is felt by many generations and even in the lands where he, and so many others, were tormented. Along the way, Max served in the US Counter Intelligence Corps that ferreted out the SS, saw General George S. Patton in person, had a family and established a successful architecture practice in San Francisco. Today, Max inspires people with his story and his living example. "As one of those who liberated that camp, I highly recommend the reading of this book." -- Bob Persinger, the sergeant in the first tank that entered the concentration camp, Ebensee... Helmut Edelmayr, a board member of the Austrian Camp Community Mauthausen, praises Max for assisting "the local people in towns where concentration camps had existed in getting a better understanding of what democracy is all about."... A teacher in Austria, who asked Max to talk her classes, calls the book "a most important and touching testimony for the younger generation to live and learn from."« less