What They Didn't Burn: Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets

What if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew . . . or thought you knew?

Growing up, author Mel Laytner saw his father as a quintessential Type B: passive and conventional. As he uncovered documents the Nazis didn't burn, however, another man emerged--a black market ringleader and wily camp survivor who made his own luck. The tattered papers also shed light on painful secrets his father took to his grave.

Melding the intimacy of personal memoir with the rigors of investigative journalism, What They Didn't Burn is a heartwarming, inspiring story of resilience and redemption. A story of how desperate survivors turned hopeful refugees rebuilt their shattered lives in America, all the while struggling with the lingering trauma that has impacted their children to this day.


Author: Mel Laytner
Publisher: Sparkpress
Published: 09/21/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781684631032
ISBN10: 1684631033
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Biography & Autobiography | Jewish