Like many others, when I revisit accounts of the atrocities perpetrated upon those unfortunate souls who were incarcerated in the concentration camps, I’m continually left heartbroken, and at the same time, astounded at how many of the survivors were able to retain their sanity, and go on to experience fulfilling lives. Longlisted for Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2021. Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards for Non-Fiction 2021. Shortlisted for the Aba Nielsen Book Booksellers' Choice - Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021. Published as Eddie turns 100, this is a powerful, heart-breaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. He now believes he is the 'happiest man on earth'. He pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom and living his best possible life. He lost family, friends, his country.īecause he survived, Eddie made the vow to smile every day. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
It is up to you.Įddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second.
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. Winner of the Abia Biography of the Year 2021.
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