True account of teen Jack Mandelbaum’s struggle to survive Nazi death camps through courage, friendship, and resilience.
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True account of teen Jack Mandelbaum’s struggle to survive Nazi death camps through courage, friendship, and resilience.
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Blends the personal testimony of Holocaust survivor, Jack Mandelbaum, with the history of his time, documented by photos from the archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. What was the secret to surviving the death camps? How did you keep from dying of heartbreak in a place of broken hearts and broken bodies? "Think of it as a game, Jack," an older prisoner tells him. "Play the game right and you might outlast the Nazis." Caught up in Hitler's Final Solution to annihilate Europe's Jews, fi...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Camp beatings, deaths, and peril; not graphic, aimed at teens
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Jewish identity central to persecution; limited personal practice
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Nazi ideology and the Holocaust drive the entire narrative
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mention of suicide amid camp suffering
Abuse & suffering
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Sustained camp cruelty, starvation, disease, forced labor, family loss
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