A Book Talk on Zoom With Author Nancy Sprowell Geise Sponsored by Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy
Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 7:00 P.M.
Auschwitz #34207 -
The Joe Rubinstein Story:
A Book Talk on Zoom With Author Nancy Sprowell Geise
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
7:00PM - 8:30 PM
Shortly before dawn on a frigid morning in Radom, Poland in 1942, 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. He arrived at Auschwitz on April 30, 1942, and walked out of a different Nazi concentration camp in May 1945. It would be 70 years before he told anyone how he survived.
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 as he approaches celebrating his 100th birthday this September.
Shortly after its release, the book became a bestseller ranked #1 in Holocaust Biographies.
