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Auschwitz #34207 – The Joe Rubinstein Story: A Book Talk on Zoom With Author Nancy Sprowell Geise

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In May 1945, Joe Rubinstein walked out of a Nazi concentration camp. It would be 70 years before he told anyone how he survived.

Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland, twenty-one-year-old Joe answered a knock at the door of the cottage he shared with his widowed mother and siblings. German soldiers forced him onto a crowded open-air truck. Wearing only an undershirt and shorts, Joe was left on the truck with no protection from the cold. Soon, several around him were dead from exposure. From there, things got worse for young Joe, much worse starting with his arrival at Auschwitz on April 30, 1942.

Joe's story is a remarkable account of his having to endure several of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. His is a tale of the triumph of the human spirit. While the Nazis took everything else, they were unable to take Joe’s love of life, his affection for others, and his unassailable joy.

From the ashes of his past, this survivor finds a way to rebuild his life. Barefooted when he was taken by the Nazis, he would become one of New York's leading shoe designers—shoes sought after by First Ladies and movie stars alike.

Auschwitz #34207 -The Joe Rubinstein Story is for all of us, a testament to the power of faith, perseverance and hope.

In 2007, a chance meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado brought the author, Nancy Sprowell Geise and Joe Rubinstein together. Neither had any idea then where their friendship would lead. Nancy has since dedicated her life to sharing Joe's remarkable story of hope so that the world never forgets the Holocaust and its important life lessons for us all. Joe will celebrate his 100th birthday in September.

Shortly after its release, the book became a bestseller ranked #1 in Holocaust Biographies.

Nancy, the author, has been invited to share Joe’s remarkable and memorizing story around the world including the United States Library of Congress and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and with the staff and guides of the Auschwitz Memorial & Museum in Poland, and now she is going to share it with us. Please join us for this interesting and uplifting talk that has audiences laughing, crying, and cheering.

This virtual talk will last approximately one hour, followed by questions and answers, and last approximately just under 90 minutes and is limited to 100 registrants.

The minimum ticket price is $5.00.

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