The Boxer
Jurek Becker
1976
Aron maintained confident hope in one child. To this day, it remains uncertain whether or not this hope was fulfilled, but you can’t talk to him about it.
The transport that led from the Bohemian ghetto to the camp was meant exclusively for the men who were fit to work. Aron’s youngest son had to stay behind. This Mark Blank, barely two years old…
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