About The Authors
Victor Breitburg is a survivor of the Lódz Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Rehmsdorf and Theresienstadt concentration camps. He was liberated with a group known as “The Boys”. Their experiences are documented in Sir Martin Gilbert’s Book, The Boys:Triumph Over Adversity. Victor and many of “The Boys” are still in contact with one another, although as it is with WWII veterans, their numbers are slowly diminishing.Victor’s journey from Lódz, to the camps in Europe, to England, Scotland and the United States and his new life in America is the story told in this volume. Victor completed studies in America, became a successful businessman and an accomplished lecturer on the Holocaust, having received numerous awards and citations for his role as an educator At the time of our working on the book, he was a widower, having been married to his beloved wife Lucille for sixty years, living in Coconut Creek Florida, and at 85 years old, occasionally spoke on Yom HaShoa. He had written some poems, short stories and was considering a novel based on the early days of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service. Victor has two daughters, Denise and Myra. Denise is married to Mark and they have two children, Maya and Eli.
Victor passed away on May 29, 2020 at 93 years of age having suffered from Alzheimers.
Joseph G. Krygier is the Pastor of New Covenant Baptist Fellowship in Buffalo, New York. He has written about and been engaged in cross-cultural ministry for over thirty years. He has taught in Poland, Ukraine, Romania and Australia, Canada and the US. His current overseas ministry is TheosDoulos Church Planting Movement, training pastors in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao. Before becoming ordained, he was an actor, dancer and lighting designer. He is currently writing a one-man play, Chagrined, based on this book. He is married to Deborah, who works for the Buffalo Public Schools and has a son Aaron, who is pursuing a career as a writer and an actor.
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