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A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal recounts his experience as a six-year-old forced to abandon his home and survive Nazi Occupation, including bombings, labor camps, and death marches. Buergenthal lost most of his family, but through intelligence, bravery, and human connection, he survived unimaginable conditions, retaining compassion and later advocating for human rights globally. The book addresses the horrific realities of the Holocaust, discrimination, and severe violence.