Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

Romek Wajsman, later known as Robbie, was fourteen when he was liberated from Buchenwald in 1945. The book chronicles his survival after imprisonment in the concentration camp and his return to society. More than 60,000 people were killed at Buchenwald. Photographs and back matter accompany Waisman’s account. This true story records a Holocaust survivor’s experience of liberation, survival, and rebuilding a life afterward.