Arek Hersh
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Arek Hersh is a survivor of the Holocaust.
He was born in Sieradz Poland and was taken to his first concentration camp when he was only eleven years old. The camp started out with 2,500 men, eighteen months later only 11 were alive. Arek moved around several camps before being taken to Auschwitz and then transported away from the advancing allied forces. He was eventually liberated at Theresienstadt ( Terezin, Czechoslovakia ) on the 8th May 1945 by the Russian Army.
In 1948 Arek volunteered to fight in the Israeli Defence Forces "to contribute towards the war of independence".
Arek currently lives near Leeds, UK. He has written a book on his experiences called A Detail of History. All the proceeds go to the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre, where he often gives presentations upon his experience.
[edit] See also
Arek Hersh was the subject of an Award winning Documentary "AREK" (2005)Produced by UNISON and Directed by Tony Lloyd
[edit] References
- Hersh, Arek - A Detail Of History ( Quill, 2006 )
