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Jaku, Eddie,

The happiest man on Earth / Eddie Jaku. - Sydney, NSW : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2020. - 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 22 cm.

"A Holocaust survivor shares how he found gratitude, kindness and hope in the darkest of places" -- Front cover.

Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. Because he survived, Eddie made the vow to smile every day. He pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom and living his best possible life. He now believes he is the 'happiest man on earth'.

Winner 2021 ABIA Biography of the Year.

ISBN: 9781760980085

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jaku, Eddie.
Jaku, Eddie.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Biography.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Biography.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Biography.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Centenarians--Australia--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Immigrants--Australia--Biography.
Jaku, Eddie, 1920-
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Germany.
Holocaust survivors--Biography.
Jews--Germany--Biography.
Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography.
Jews, German--Biography.
Happiness--Psychological aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--History--1933-1945.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.

Dewey Class. No.: 940.5318092