Gruenbaum, Michael

When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death.

When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death.

When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death, based on a true story.

Michael "Misha" Gruenbaum's carefree childhood in Prague comes crashing to an end when the Nazis invade. The Gruenbaums are sent to the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, then Misha, his mother, and his sister are sent to the Terezin concentration camp. In this memoir, Misha relates what life was like in Terezin, how he formed brotherly bonds with the other Jewish boys, and how he is finally freed with the help of a carefully sewn Teddy bear.