Promises Kept
by Michel, Ernest W.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-01
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Summary
In November 1945, twenty-two year old Ernest W. Michel became a special correspondent for the newly formed German news agency DANA. He reported on the International Nuremberg War Crimes Trial under the byline "Special Correspondent Ernst W. Michel, Auschwitz Survivor 104995."
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Prologue: Bonn, Germany: November 1988 | p. xv |
| Kristallnacht-Germany | p. 1 |
| The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part I: My Pen Pal Bob Lindsay | p. 13 |
| Arrest by the Gestapo, September 1939 | p. 23 |
| Arrival in Auschwitz, March 1943 | p. 27 |
| First Day in Auschwitz | p. 37 |
| A "Normal" Day in Auschwitz | p. 47 |
| My Life Is Saved by Calligraphy | p. 51 |
| My Friend Walter | p. 59 |
| Witness to Dr. Mengele's Medical Experiments | p. 65 |
| A Foiled Escape from Auschwitz | p. 71 |
| The Russians Are Coming | p. 75 |
| The Death March of 60,000 Inmates from Auschwitz, January 1943 | p. 81 |
| Escape | p. 85 |
| Coming "Home" | p. 95 |
| I Am a Reporter at the First Nuremberg War Crimes Trial | p. 105 |
| An Invitation from the German Government | p. 117 |
| Lieutenant Albert Hutler-My American Family | p. 121 |
| My First Job in America | p. 129 |
| A Voice Sings for Its Life | p. 145 |
| Reunion with My Sister Lotte | p. 153 |
| The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part II: Years Later | p. 161 |
| Return to Mannheim | p. 167 |
| Bubba Jackson, Mississippi Sheriff | p. 171 |
| A Meeting with President Eisenhower at the White House | p. 175 |
| The World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors: Jerusalem, June 1981 | p. 187 |
| Four Unforgettable Days in Jerusalem | p. 195 |
| My First Return to Auschwitz | p. 207 |
| The Reverend Jesse Jackson and I Address a Special Service at Trinity Church | p. 215 |
| The 1989 Reunion of Mannheim Survivors | p. 219 |
| Auschwitz Tattoo Numbers 104994 & 104995 | p. 223 |
| I Have Become a Freedom Hero | p. 227 |
| The Youngest Survivor | p. 229 |
| Genocide | p. 233 |
| The Ten Million Dollar Campaign for Needy Holocaust Survivors | p. 237 |
| Lotte's First Speech and Our Family Reunion | p. 241 |
| My Last Visit to My Hometown | p. 247 |
| Where Are They Now? | p. 255 |
| Epilogue | p. 259 |
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