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Jacob's Courage: Romance and Survival amidst the Horrors of War (WWII Historical Fiction) Kindle Edition

by Charles S Weinblatt (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This book shows the critical roles that love, determination, and steadfast belief play toward battling one's demons both physically and mentally. Jacob's Courage is ultimately a tribute to the triumphant human spirit. - The Jewish Book Council

Jacob's Courage is a poignant and powerful tale of love and bravery set against the harrowing backdrop of Nazi-occupied Austria. Follow the journey of two young Jews, Jacob and Rachael, as they navigate a world where innocence is ruthlessly destroyed. From their comfortable lives in Salzburg to a decrepit ghetto, from a prison camp where they secretly marry to their escape through a tunnel and their joining of the local partisans to fight the Nazis, their journey is both heart-wrenching and inspiring. But their courage is truly tested as they face the horrors of Auschwitz, where faith and love are their only allies.

With unforgettable moments of chaste beauty, Jacob's Courage is a moving coming-of-age story that examines the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unspeakable brutality and genocide.

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Gut Wrenching and Heart Rending.  At the end of the read one feels both hope and admiration for the human spirit."  ---Holocaust Center of Toledo Director, Hindea Markowicz

"And I Cried...  This book brings the Holocaust to life and evokes emotions not found in many history books.  Weaving together a story of love, passion, horror, and history, Weinblatt left nothing out." ---Sylvania Historical Society

"A tender, coming of age tale.  This book shows the critical roles that love, determination, and steadfast belief play toward battling one's demons both physically and mentally.  Jacob's Courage is ultimately a tribute to the triumphant human spirit."  ---Jewish Book World

Jacob's Courage reminded me of one of the greatest books of the 20th Century, Viktor Frankl's, Man's Search for Meaning. ---- Author Frank Fiore

"You see hear and smell...  Hitler's Third Reich." --- Author Ron Braithwaite, 
 
"Jacob's Courage follows the young couple from the forced ghettos to the concentration camps and beyond, with several harrowing twists and turns that allow Weinblatt to illustrate the myriad tragedies Holocaust victims faced."  --Toledo Free Press
 
"The reader sees events through the eyes of archetypal participants... a doctor forced to experiment on his own, a Sonderkommando and a hero."  --The Association of Jewish Libraries
 
"The love story was beautiful and touching. This was such an emotional read. Weinblatt's vivid descriptions of the time beautifully entwines with the love story. Jacob's Courage is a powerful story of how love does conquer all. No matter how hard the times are, love and humanity never lose their power." -- My Love Affair with Books.
 
"The author maintains a driving, relentless pace.  Jacob and his beloved Rachael try to escape the madness of Nazi Germany while maintaining their humanity; in the end, the visionary protagonist comes to echo his Biblical counterpart who fled danger in his own country and saw a life-changing vision in his dreams."  --The University of Toledo Alumni Magazine
 
"Jacob's Courage reminded me of one of the greatest books of the 20th Century, Viktor Frankl's, Man's Search for Meaning.  Weinblatt has painted a picture with words of the horrors of the holocaust.  Jacob's Courage is a personal, real life example of holding on to something greater than one's self.  The love that grows between Jacob and Rachael sustains them through the horrors of life in a Nazi death camp.  We all could learn a lesson from these two teenagers, coming of age and faced with the greatest existential threat to life."  F---rank Fiore, author
 
"Not since Corrie Ten Boom's The Hiding Place have the horrors of the holocaust been brought to life in such vivid detail.  Charles Weinblatt takes you to Nazi Germany through the lives of two young people whose world is torn apart at a time in their lives when it should be blossoming.  Weinblatt does a masterful job of touching your emotions throughout the book by placing you inside the lives of Jacob and Rachel.  I recommend you pick up a copy of this book and a box of tissues.  Get ready for a good cry and a heart warming ending as Jacob and Rachel find the courage to live."  ---Rick Rodgers, author
 
Charles Weinblatt's masterpiece is a gripping story... as well as a literary triumph."  ---Marvin May.
 
"One of the best books ever written about the Holocaust. I've read hundreds of books on the subject as both my parents were survivors. However, this one touched my heart in a special way."  - --Toby Faywlowicz Schafer
 
"This is an amazing book... one of the best reads that I've had in a long while and I literally could not put it down."  ---Jodi Shepard.
 
"For a clear and no-hold's-barred description of life as a Jew in Nazi Germany, you can't beat Jacob's Courage, by Charles Weinblatt." --- Jennifer Feddersen, Editor.
 
Anyone interested in a good love story should pick up Jacob's Courage --- Darcia Helle, Author --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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No other book I've written has held the deep meaning, enduring characters and powerful expression of Jacob's Courage. I interviewed many Holocaust survivors. Much of their anxiety, fear and anger remain.s At times, working on the manuscript was like taking dictation from someone deep inside. That has never occurred in any of my other books. 
 
In part, I wrote this book to honor the horrid experiences that my 104-year-old mother and her family experienced in what is today the Ukraine. To the end, she had nightmares about the beatings meted out to her family.  About half of her extended family perished in the Shoah.
 
It was also my intention to re-tell the truth of the Shoah, to help fight today's anti-semitism and Holocaust denial. Most of today's young people have no idea that millions of innocent Jewish families were murdered only because of their choice of faith. That must change. I believe that we can only promote that change through education; in classrooms and with books and films.
 
I also wrote Jacob's Courage to honor the millions of families who were murdered by bullet or gas, or by the starvation, brutality, forced labor and sickness they were forced to endure. They were lost, but will never be forgotten. May their memories always be a blessing. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C38QSVXF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amsterdam Publishers (June 13, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9533 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 476 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9493276929
  • Customer Reviews:
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Charles S. Weinblatt

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Charles S. Weinblatt was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1952. He is a retired university administrator. Weinblatt is the author of published fiction and non-fiction, including the popular Holocaust novel, "Jacob's Courage: A Holocaust Love Story." His biography appears in Academic Wikipedia, the Marquis Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education. Weinblatt is a prolific reviewer for The New York Journal of Books. He writes novels, short stories and articles.

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Gisela Hausmann
4.0 out of 5 stars love during difficult times
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013
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Stories are the best way to learn, even if they are fictitious stories based on real stories. With his book "Jacob's Courage" Charles Weinblatt answers most brilliantly one of the questions, which will linger forever: "Why did the Jewish population, at least the ones who could afford it, not leave what would be the Third Reich, when there was still time?"

Weinblatt's characters Jacob and his parents Moshe and Hanna belong to that group. While Hanna is always worried and wants to leave, Moshe, a well respected physician, just cannot believe that the rising Nazi regime will truly threaten the Jewish community. While certainly the situation will be difficult things just can't become as bad as his wife feels they might.

Their son, Jacob adores his father and wants to believe everything his father says. Jacob is also madly in love with beautiful Rachael, the daughter of one of his father's colleagues. If Jacob and his family would leave for another country, potentially he could not be close to Rachael. And, that is what 17 year old Jacob wants most of all.

All of them stay. Resulting from that misjudgment, their suffering begins.

Charles Weinblatt's vivid language is almost painful at times. That is because reading about societal failure is always extremely difficult. Inevitably, whether we were there or not even born when it happened, we have to ask ourselves the question, "What would I have done?" That goes towards all decisions, from "Would I have left on time?" to "What would I have done at Auschwitz?"

Charles Weinblatt's riveting book keeps the reader on his toes and serves as a warning that we have to pay attention, and how much our decisions matter at all times. It also shows that even under the most difficult circumstances we can rise to the occasion and make a difference. Jacob's and Rachael's beautiful love story is an encouragement to believe in a better world at all times.
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Vivian
4.0 out of 5 stars Young love amidst the horrors of war
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2023
Even though this is a book of fiction who says that this story didn’t happen during the Holocaust? Jacob and Rachael are two youngster in love for the first time in their native Salzburg Austria when their world as they know it collapses with the rise of the Nazis to power.
From their idyllic life to the horrors of ghettos, prison camp where they got married, harrowing tunnel escape to join the partisans to the horrors of Auschwitz their love is what sustained them and saves them.
This is a book that shows the power of love and its resilience on the face of adversities and horrors.
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