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Unstoppable, Siggi B. Wilzig's astonishing journey from Auschwitz survivor and penniless immigrant to Wall Street legend, Joshua M. ; foreword by Deborah E. Lipstadt

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Unstoppable, Siggi B. Wilzig's astonishing journey from Auschwitz survivor and penniless immigrant to Wall Street legend, Joshua M. ; foreword by Deborah E. Lipstadt

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

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platesillustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unstoppable

Oclc number

1164347793

Responsibility statement

Joshua M. ; foreword by Deborah E. Lipstadt

Sub title

Siggi B. Wilzig's astonishing journey from Auschwitz survivor and penniless immigrant to Wall Street legend

Summary

"Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family to the darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz. Siggi used his wits to stay alive, pretending to have trade skills the Nazis could exploit to run the camp. After two death marches and near starvation, he was liberated from camp Mauthausen and went to work for the US Army hunting Nazis, a service that earned him a visa to America. On arrival, he made three vows: to never go hungry again, to support the Jewish people, and to speak out against injustice. He earned his first dollar shoveling snow after a fierce blizzard. His next job was laboring in toxic sweatshops. From these humble beginnings, he became President, Chairman and CEO of a New York Stock Exchange-listed oil company and grew a full-service commercial bank to more than $4 billion in assets"--Amazon

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