Prisoner 88
The Man in Stripes

Roy D. Tanenbaum

ISBN 1895176743
$19.95 paper
November 1998

362 pages
37 photographs, 4 maps

 

About the Book


What happens to a man who spends his 'university years' in Auschwitz?

This is the story of three tragedies: the tragedy of a Roman Catholic imprisoned in Auschwitz; the tragedy of a man who subsequently unsuccessfully tries to erase four and a half years from his life; the tragedy of a man who, succeeding in synthesizing his life once more, finds himself alientating his compatriots, his co-religionists and his family.


"Sigmund Sobolewski's life is a powerful tale of the resilience of the human spirit. As Roy Tanenbaum makes clear in this fast-paced, fascinating biography, Sobolewski overcame a life full of despair and tragedy to become one of this century's unsung heroes. It took many painful years for Sobolewski, a survivor of Auschwitz, to come to terms with his past. And when he finally did, and became a leader in the international struggle against racism, Nazism and holocaust-denial, his own family and community turned against him. His is a life that keeps talking to you, long after you finish the book, and never stops. Nor should it." -- Professor Irving Abella J.Richard Shiff Professor for the Study of Canadian Jewry, York University


About the Author

Rabbi Roy Tanenbaum is Past President of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Alberta Region; a national Director of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews' and Board Member and Programme Chair for the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Greater Metropolitan Toronto. Lately, the rabbi has served as National President of the Auschwitz Awareness Society.


Table of Contents

  1. Enter the Subject (Fort Assiniboine, Alberta, 1992)
  2. Jurek (Germany, 19 April 1945)
  3. Tatus (Germany, May 1945)
  4. Irka (Germany, May 1945)
  5. Ginsbourg (Brussels, Belgium, June 1945)
  6. Iris (London, 1949)
  7. Ramona (Havana, Cuba, April 1961)
  8. Zygmunt (Toronto, Ontario, 10 January 1967)
  9. Mamusia and Tatus (Toronto, Ontario, July 1967)
  10. Achtundachtzig (Toronto, Ontario, 1968)
  11. Simon (Orillia, Ontario, 1974)
  12. Vladimir (Fort Macleod, Alberta, 1984)
  13. Ramona, Fort Assiniboine, Alberta, 1986)
  14. Sigmund S. (Fort Assiniboine, Tavern, 1990)
  15. Emilio (Edmonton, Alberta, November 1990)
  16. Ramona (Fort Assiniboine, Alberta, 1991)
  17. Simon, Emilio, Vladimir (Poland, 1992)


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