As I Am Presently Known
Published on 12. June 2009
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-911051-03-2 (ISBN)
Description
Months after World War II officially ends, a 15-year-old boy still hides in a potato field.
The horror of the Holocaust is followed by the horror of survival. The question "Why me?" haunts survivors for the rest of our lives. For some of us, life is only possible under the anesthesia of silence. After 63 years, Leon Rubinstein has broken his silence with this book. As I Am Presently Known is a remarkable story of life's victory over death and about one generation passing the torch to another.
Marian Marzynski
Holocaust survivor, documentary filmmaker, author of acclaimed film "Shtetl"
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-911051-03-2 (9780911051032)
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Persons
Leon Rubinstein was born in the town of Koretz, Poland in 1930. Leon's life was cast into turmoil by the Second World War. Hidden on a farm, Leon miraculously survived the Holocaust. Following the war, he fled Eastern Europe for Palestine and eventually emigrated to the United States. He pursued a successful career as a mechanical engineer and small business owner. A tireless inventor, he has 35 patents in the fields of optics, plastics and electronics. Father of two and grandfather of five, he lives with his wife in Falmouth, Massachusetts.