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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor Teddy Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor... After being captured by Nazis and living through a year in the Mauthausen concentration camp, young Hungarian immigrant Tibor Rubin arrived in America, penniless and barely speaking English. In 1950, he volunteered for service in the Korean War. After numerous acts of heroism, including single-handedly defending a hill against enemy soldiers, rescuing a wounded comrade…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2016442 pages · 9780425279762
- Other · English · 2015Berkley Caliber · 442 pages · 9780425279755
Prisoners of warJewsHungarian JewsJewish children in the HolocaustHolocaust survivorsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Jewish soldiersPersonal narratives