Promises Kept

by Michel, Ernest W.

• ISBN13: 9781569803387
• ISBN10: 1569803382
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

In November 1945, twenty-two year old Ernest W. Michel became a special correspondent for the newly formed German news agency DANA. He reported on the International Nuremberg War Crimes Trial under the byline "Special Correspondent Ernst W. Michel, Auschwitz Survivor 104995."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Prologue: Bonn, Germany: November 1988	p. xv
Kristallnacht-Germany	p. 1
The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part I: My Pen Pal Bob Lindsay	p. 13
Arrest by the Gestapo, September 1939	p. 23
Arrival in Auschwitz, March 1943	p. 27
First Day in Auschwitz	p. 37
A "Normal" Day in Auschwitz	p. 47
My Life Is Saved by Calligraphy	p. 51
My Friend Walter	p. 59
Witness to Dr. Mengele's Medical Experiments	p. 65
A Foiled Escape from Auschwitz	p. 71
The Russians Are Coming	p. 75
The Death March of 60,000 Inmates from Auschwitz, January 1943	p. 81
Escape	p. 85
Coming "Home"	p. 95
I Am a Reporter at the First Nuremberg War Crimes Trial	p. 105
An Invitation from the German Government	p. 117
Lieutenant Albert Hutler-My American Family	p. 121
My First Job in America	p. 129
A Voice Sings for Its Life	p. 145
Reunion with My Sister Lotte	p. 153
The Lindsay Family of Wilmington, Delaware Part II: Years Later	p. 161
Return to Mannheim	p. 167
Bubba Jackson, Mississippi Sheriff	p. 171
A Meeting with President Eisenhower at the White House	p. 175
The World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors: Jerusalem, June 1981	p. 187
Four Unforgettable Days in Jerusalem	p. 195
My First Return to Auschwitz	p. 207
The Reverend Jesse Jackson and I Address a Special Service at Trinity Church	p. 215
The 1989 Reunion of Mannheim Survivors	p. 219
Auschwitz Tattoo Numbers 104994 & 104995	p. 223
I Have Become a Freedom Hero	p. 227
The Youngest Survivor	p. 229
Genocide	p. 233
The Ten Million Dollar Campaign for Needy Holocaust Survivors	p. 237
Lotte's First Speech and Our Family Reunion	p. 241
My Last Visit to My Hometown	p. 247
Where Are They Now?	p. 255
Epilogue	p. 259
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