Henry Golde
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Henry M. Golde is an author and childhood survivor of the Holocaust
. He has written about his experiences in his book Ragdolls.
Golde was born in Płock, Poland located west of Warsaw
. At age 11 he was taken by the SS to the small town of Galicia, Poland. There he was spared from the gas chambers when selected as fit for a work camp. He spent the next five years in nine different Nazi concentration camps in Poland, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. He survived starvation, typhoid fever, and a two-week death march to Czechoslovakia. He lost his entire family due to the war. He was liberated from the Theresienstadt concentration camp
by the Russians and was then placed in a children's home for four months. Golde spent 7 years in England, including 2 years in the Royal Navy, before emigrating to the United States. He currently resides in Appleton, Wisconsin
.
In 2008, Golde received an award for outstanding educator of the year from the Wisconsin State Human Relations Association.
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
. He has written about his experiences in his book Ragdolls.
Golde was born in Płock, Poland located west of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. At age 11 he was taken by the SS to the small town of Galicia, Poland. There he was spared from the gas chambers when selected as fit for a work camp. He spent the next five years in nine different Nazi concentration camps in Poland, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. He survived starvation, typhoid fever, and a two-week death march to Czechoslovakia. He lost his entire family due to the war. He was liberated from the Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín , located in what is now the Czech Republic.-History:The fortress of Terezín was constructed between the years 1780 and 1790 by the orders...
by the Russians and was then placed in a children's home for four months. Golde spent 7 years in England, including 2 years in the Royal Navy, before emigrating to the United States. He currently resides in Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 78,086 at the 2010 census...
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In 2008, Golde received an award for outstanding educator of the year from the Wisconsin State Human Relations Association.