O Rapaz Que Seguiu o Pai para Auschwitz

Synopsis of O Rapaz Que Seguiu o Pai para Auschwitz

«O Rapaz Que Seguiu o Pai para Auschwitz» is the historical account by Jeremy Dronfield and Patrícia Cascão, in paperback (412 pages, in Portuguese).

Real story of Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer from Vienna, and his son Fritz: after the Nazi annexation of Austria, both are deported to Buchenwald and survive beatings and hunger while building the camp itself. When Gustav is sent to Auschwitz, Fritz decides to follow him so as not to let him die alone. Based on Gustav's secret diary.

The English original was published in 2018 as «The Stone Crusher»; this Portuguese edition is from 2019.

It is a book for readers of historical non-fiction, biographies and Holocaust testimonies.