The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz

Synopsis of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz

«The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz» is the historical essay by Jeremy Dronfield, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (320 pages, in English).

In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer from Vienna, is arrested by the Nazis and sent to Buchenwald with his son Fritz. When Gustav is transferred to Auschwitz, Fritz decides not to leave him. Based on Gustav's secret diary and archival research, the book reconstructs how they fought to survive the Holocaust together.

Originally published in English in 2019, it was a number one bestseller for The Sunday Times. The work falls within history and biography on the Holocaust.

For readers interested in the Holocaust, the Second World War and real survival stories.