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The life story of a Holocaust survivor: his prewar childhood in Czechoslovakia, his experiences in 8 Nazi concentration camps, his liberation and emigration to the USA, and his career as a General Motors engineer, a Christian minister, and a consummate teacher. For Walter Ziffer, who today considers himself a Jewish secular humanist, life has always been a search for meaning. His compelling and insightful memoir distills the experiences of a remarkable man.

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"""The last great first-hand memoir of the Holocaust."" --Michael Sartisky, PhD, President Emeritus, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities ""In Walter Ziffer's beautifully written new book, you will learn of Walter's complex life journey, and you may experience, thanks to his skillfully told story and clearly articulated questions and insights, a sense of his presence, the presence of a great man who finds in his own story lessons important for the rest of us, especially now."" -- Richard Chess, Director, The Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville ""The compelling story of an unfolding life carried by an insatiable search for meaning."" -- Mahan Siler, retired Baptist minister"

The last great first-hand memoir of the Holocaust. --Michael Sartisky, PhD, President Emeritus, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities In Walter Ziffer's beautifully written new book, you will learn of Walter's complex life journey, and you may experience, thanks to his skillfully told story and clearly articulated questions and insights, a sense of his presence, the presence of a great man who finds in his own story lessons important for the rest of us, especially now. -- Richard Chess, Director, The Center for Jewish Studies at UNC Asheville The compelling story of an unfolding life carried by an insatiable search for meaning. -- Mahan Siler, retired Baptist minister

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Walter Ziffer was born in Czechoslavakia in 1927 and emigrated to the United States after surviving several Nazi concentration camps. He received an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, two master's degrees from the Graduate School of Theology of Oberlin College, and a doctorate in theology from the University of Strasbourg. He has written several texts on Christianity's views toward Judaism.

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