Holocaust Biography
Date Published: December 10, 2024
Publisher: Book Publishers USA
This narrative gives us a detailed chronicle of the turbulent life of Rebbe
Aryeh Leibish Gottesman Zt”l. Beginning from his childhood years, with
the next chapters bringing alive the years of pain he endured in the most
horrendous period of the holocaust. Following the highly interesting period
detailing his formative years in America, that gives us a glimpse of the
post-trauma that a war survivor lived with. His scars and pain and loss that
accompanied him for the next seventy years
When he was still but a child and a young bochur, little Leibish fought
ferociously against life’s odds to learn Torah in times that
antisemitism was common in the little town in Czech where he lived. After
suffering all the horrors of Auschwitz, Dachau, and more, when he lost both
his parents and family, except for one surviving brother. R’ Leibish
threw upon himself again with happiness and fortitude to accept the yoke of
learning Torah. First in the city of Serdaheli and then in the famed Nitra
Yeshiva in America, where he became one of the most notable and close
students of the renowned Torah giant and distinguished war activist Hagaon
Hatzaddik Rebbe Michoel Ber Weissmandel ZT”L. He stood out in the
front line of Talmudei Chachomim of the first generation after the
war.
The next step in life was when with his diligence and persistence he grew
to be a major Gaon that illuminated the path for many many students and
breathed a life of Torah up to his final moment.
Interview
Story
The train ride out of Dachau is unique since it's not recorded in history. While it is known that the Nazis wanted to destroy all evidence from the Americans as they were close to Dachau. Most of the Jews were moved southward as known as the so-called DEATH MARCH. However, since my father's barrack was the weakest of all, the Nazis decided to move his barrack by train. This was the only train, and history did not get to know about this train ride since most of them died on the way.
Introduce yourself and tell me about what you do.
My name is Emil Gottesman and I am 67 years old, married and blessed with a family of children and grandchildren. Owner of a medium size US Customs House Broker and Freight Forwarder company. In my community, I'm known by my Hebrew name Amrom Gottesman.
Born to my Parents R’ Leibish and Rickel Gottesman, both Holocaust survivors, raised and still live my life, with strong values of family, religion, and faith
Tell me more about your journey as an author, including the writing processes.
In 2020, I authored and published a book in Yiddish "Demis Arya", a biography about my late father Rabbi Arya Leibish Gottesman, a holocaust survivor and Torah Scholar. While I did put together all the chapters, however, I hired a professional writer to do the actual writing. It was published by the old method of actually printing 1200 copies and assigning a distributor to distribute it to local Judaica retailers. Due to the nature of the publication, I knew very well that such a book would not be in demand outside of the Jewish, Orthodox, and Religious communities.
In 2022, I authored "Strength Of Within" an English translation of only the Holocaust section of Demis Arya. For the publishing process, I did the same by hiring a translator. I wasn't that thrilled with her work, while her vocabulary was outstanding, however, her writing style was with alot of shortcuts. I assigned an online publishing company for editing, formatting, book cover design, and POD (print on demand) publishing on KDP Amazon. I published the book by myself on other POD platforms such as Ingram Spark, Barness and Noble, and some others.
I never did any marketing on this book
Due to popular demand, I decided to publish "The Life And Legacy of Rabbi Aryeh Leibish Gottesman ZT”L" an English translation of the whole Demis Arya book. In addition I've included the biography of the “Foundations” which was built by my ancestors the Gottesman, Shelesinger, Dushinsky, Shreiber, Rotesdorfer, and Gestetner families. I hired a different person to do the translation. Likewise, I redid the translation of the Holocaust section, since I wanted the whole book to conform with the same writing style..
Tell me about your Book
45% - 50% is about the holocaust my father was 16 after losing his whole family; he did not succumb and rebuild until he became a Torah giant. My mother was only 6 years old. I've not seen such a detailed documentary about the holocaust. It would be advisable that you should read the reviews on Amazon, and see how readers react to the book.
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About the Author
My name is Emil Gottesman and I am 67 years old, married and blessed with a
family of children and grandchildren. Owner of a medium size US Customs
House Broker and Freight Forwarder company. In my community, I'm known by my
Hebrew name Amrom Gottesman.
Born to my Parents R’ Leibish and Rickel Gottesman, both Holocaust
survivors, raised and still live my life, with strong values of family,
religion, and faith
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