Description: This powerful story of a child survivor of six concentration camps highlights his resilience against unimaginable horrors, and his eventual triumph as a family man, business owner and inspiring voice dedicated to sharing lessons of hope, faith and perseverance.
Brief description: Bea Lurie is the daughter of two child Holocaust survivors, her father, Sol, and her mother, Evelyn Rebecca Lurie, whose parents escaped from Poland with two toddlers. Bea learned by her parents' actions the importance of helping those in need and devoted her career to making a difference in the lives of others as a leader of nonprofit organizations and government agencies, and as an owner of two businesses. Bea also is an active volunteer in her community and at her local synagogue.
Review Quotes: "Slaughters, betrayals, broken treaties and broken promises. They're all here, as they are in any account of the Nazi years. Defying them was a young Lithuanian Jew graced with courage, imagination and sometimes pure luck. In the end, Sol Lurie found love, family and the tenacity to tell his story to a world that too often didn't want to hear it. Lurie not only endured. He survived and thrived--a stubborn phoenix rising from the ashes."--Arthur J. Magida, author of Two Wheels to Freedom