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The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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A New York Times Bestseller In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life. Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was turned upside-down. On November 9, 1938, during the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Eddie was beaten by SS thugs, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp with thousands of other Jews across Germany. Every day of the next seven years of his life, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors in Buchenwald, Auschwitz, and finally on a forced death march during the Third Reich’s final days. The Nazis took everything from Eddie—his family, his friends, and his country. But they did not break his spirit. Against unbelievable odds, Eddie found the will to survive. Overwhelming grateful, he made a promise: he would smile every day in thanks for the precious gift he was given and to honor the six million Jews murdered by Hitler. Today, at 100 years of age, despite all he suffered, Eddie calls himself the “happiest man on earth.” In

Who reads The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Eddie Jaku
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9780063097698
Category
history
Subjects
Memoir, History, Biography
Rating
4.8 / 5 (12,378 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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