Every Last Jew: A Teenage Boy's Story of Survival

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Every Last Jew is a beautifully written memoir by Mark Koperweis, the son of a survivor, that will take you on a journey that is up-close, personal, and in full living horror of World War II.

It's 1939 and Hitler just invaded Poland. Henry is 13 years old, and unbeknownst to him or his family, his life is about to change forever. Soon he is torn from his siblings and parents and finds himself packed into a covered truck with dozens of desperate strangers. He doesn't have any idea where he's going or when he'll be let out, if ever. Henry is now struggling for his life in one of the most diabolical and murderous events in human history the Nazi plan to exterminate every last Jew in Europe. Gain insights as to why the Nazis, and Hitler in particular, hated the Jews, making them the enemy of society and labeling them 'subhuman'. This true-to-life story shines as a beacon of hope and perseverance and serves as a backdrop-narrative to remind us that racism and hate can lead to murderous behavior and the rapid destruction of civil society. When you emerge, you will never again see the world or your life in the same way. It will change you, as it did Henry, forever.

Author Bio

Mark Koperweis was born in 1957, just 12 years after Henry, the protagonist in Every Last Jew, was liberated from the Dachau concentration camp. The second of Henry's three children, he grew up in the small town of East Rockaway, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. In this Irish/Italian working-class neighbourhood he and his group of Jewish friends were a small minority. He always felt proud of his Jewish heritage and especially of his father being a Holocaust survivor. He knew at an early age that one day he would tell his father's story to the world. Shortly after moving to California in 1984 he started working in the drapery and window coverings industry where he found that working with textiles came naturally to him after he had spent many summers as a teenager working in his father's garment factory. He currently lives in Oakland, California, where he is sole proprietor of a successful window coverings Installation business called draperyGuru. He is the proud father of four children.