Prisoner B-3087
Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Scholastic Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau. |
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| Item Description: | "Based on the true story by Ruth and Jack Gruener." "While the story of Jack Gruener is true--and remarkable--this book is a work of fiction. As an author I've taken some liberties with time and events to paint a fuller and more representative picture of the Holocaust as a whole."--Afterword. Includes a biographical afterword. |
| Physical Description: | 260 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780545459013 054545901X |
| Author Notes: | Alan Gratz is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including War Games , Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor , Two Degrees , Ground Zero , Allies , Grenade , Refugee , Projekt 1065 , Prisoner B-3087 , Code of Honor , and Captain America: The Ghost Army , an original graphic novel. Alan lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Look for him online at alangratz.com. Ruth Gruener was born Aurelia Gamser in 1930s Poland. Ruth and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the homes of Gentile families. After World War II was over, Ruth and her family moved to the United States, where Ruth tried to start an ordinary teenage life in Brooklyn. Ruth married Jack Gruener, another Holocaust survivor, with whom she lived in Brooklyn until Jack's passing in 2017. They have two children and four grandchildren. Until her death in 2021, Ruth worked as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan and traveled all over the country to speak to schools about her and Jack's experiences in the Holocaust. Jack Gruener's true life story was the inspiration for Prisoner B-3087 . Born and raised in Poland, Jack survived the Holocaust as a young boy and eventually came to America. He married fellow Holocaust survivor Ruth Gruener, and they became authors and advocates. Jack passed away in 2017. |
