Wrestling with life : From Hungary to Auschwitz to Montreal

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Title
Wrestling with life : From Hungary to Auschwitz to Montreal
Abstract
The autobiography of a Montreal-based Holocaust survivor, born in Szikszó, Hungary in 1932, deported to Auschwitz with his family when he was twelve-years old, and who came to Canada in 1948 as part of the Canadian Jewish Congress’ War Orphans Project. His perseverance led him to become a world-class wrestler, a successful businessman with the founding of Jaymar Furniture, and a philanthropist in the Montreal Jewish community.
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
2017
# of Pages
188p.
Language
en
ISBN
978-0-7735-5137-4
Citation
Reinitz, George, and Richard King. Wrestling with Life : From Hungary to Auschwitz to Montreal. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017.
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