The Watchmakers

A Powerful WW2 Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust

By: Harry Lenga, Scott Lenga

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father's trade at a young age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never anticipated that the tools acquired from their father would be the key to their survival.

Under the most devastating conditions imaginable—with death always imminent—fixing watches for the Germans in the ghettos and brutal slave labor camps of occupied Poland and Austria bought their lives over and over again. From Wolanow and Starachowice to Auschwitz and Ebensee, Harry, Mailekh, and Moishe endured, bartered, worked, prayed, and lived to see liberation.

Derived from more than a decade of interviews with Harry Lenga, conducted by his own son Scott and others, The Watchmakers is Harry's heartening and unflinchingly honest first-person account of his childhood, the lessons learned from his own father, his harrowing tribulations, and his inspiring life before, during, and after the war. It is a singular and vital story, told from one generation to the next—and a profoundly moving tribute to brotherhood, fatherhood, family, and faith.

©2021, 2022 Scott Lenga (P)2022 Tantor

Unpredictable

Amazing story of resilience of a family’s struggle during the Holocaust. Many unexpected twists and turns.

Biography great.

Horrible narrator. Sounds like Jerry Lewis pretending he is Chineese. The narrative important. Glad they published it.

terrible narration

is this Borat narrating? Please republish without the fake Polish / Yiddish accent. Otherwise a fascinating storyline.

A Lesson of Perseverance

The Narration voice added to the authenticity of a life of a Jew in WWII

Understanding the plight of European Jews

I learned more about how some Jews survived the concentration camps in World War 11. This story is about survival under horrific circumstances.