In this memoir he relates his miraculous journey, struggling
through nine Nazi concentration camps, encountering Nazi
guards ordered to kill Jews for the slightest infraction, or no
provocation at all.

In one of the extermination camps, Elias encounters Esther,
their meeting encourages his determination to survive.
Elias Feinzilberg is a young man living in Lodz, Poland, when he is separated from his family as the Nazis invade his country at the start of World War II. At this moment, his life expectancy is at best a few months. Against all odds, surviving the torment, deprivation, and degradation of nine concentration camps, he encounters Esther. Their meeting reinforces a promise he made to his father, to survive. This is a story about the human spirit, love, and triumph. It is particularly relevant in today's environment of rising antisemitism and Holocaust denial