The Last Jew of Treblinka

A Survivor’s Memory, 1942-1943

By: Chil Rajchman, Samuel Moyn - preface, Solon Beinfeld - translator, Claire Bloom - director

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Quickly becoming a cornerstone of Holocaust historiography, this is a devastatingly stark memoir from one of the lone survivors of Treblinka.

Why do some live while so many others perish? Tiny children, old men, beautiful girls - in the gas chambers of Treblinka, all are equal. The Nazis kept the fires of Treblinka burning night and day, a central cog in the wheel of the Final Solution.

In the tradition of Elie Wiesel's Night and Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz and The Drowned and the Saved, Rajchman provides the only survivors' record of Treblinka. Originally written in Yiddish in 1945 without hope or agenda other than to bear witness, Rajchman's account shows that sometimes the bravest and most painful act of all is to remember.

©2009 Chil Rajchman (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

At a loss for words

What happened in this book is beyond my comprehension by thousands of miles. The horrors related cannot even be remotely pictured. The depravity described seems like it should be impossible for a human being to be able to do to any living being, and yet it was done with glee by the murderers. The Hell he was forced to live in makes any terror movie or novel pale by comparison. I am glad I listened to it, but I am sick and revolted as well.

Sad but true story

He was very brave to fight to live so he could tell and verify to the world that this really happened.

Gut wrenching.

I cannot say "loved it". Excellent narration. Powerful. I cried, felt physically ill, important read.

Sad history

This is the story that needs to be told and retold so that our youth will realize what can happen if people do not care.

Everyone should be required to listen.

It is truly hard to believe this much evil occurred, having a witness recall this horror prevents these innocent lives from being forgotten.