From A Name to A Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography
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From A Name to A Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography

Alter Wiener's father was brutally murdered on September 11, 1939 by the German invaders of Poland. Alter was then a boy of 13. At the age of 15 he was deported to Blechhammer, a Forced Labor Camp for Jews, in Germany. He survived five camps.
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