Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling

The story of a man who survived Treblinka, to be haunted by his memories for50 yearsand ultimately, to be killed by them More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka and fewer than70 came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then,50 years later, did he jump to his death from a bridge in Scotland? The answer lies in a long-forgotten, published account of the Treblinka death camp, written by Hershl Sperling himself in the months after liberation, discovered in his briefcase after his suicide, and reproduced here for the first time.Including previouslyunpublished photographs, this booktraces the life of a man who survived five concentration camps, and detailswhat he had to do to achieve this. Hershl's story, fromhis childhood in a small Polish town to the bridge in faraway Scotland, is testament to the lasting torment of those very few who survived the Nazis' most efficient and gruesome death factory. The author personally follows in his subject's footsteps from Klobuck, to Treblinka, to Glasgow. ** More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka, and fewer than seventy came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, fifty years later, did he jump to his death from a bridge in Scotland? The answer lies in a long-forgotten, published account of the Treblinka death camp, written by Hershl Sperling himself in the months after liberation and discovered in his briefcase after his suicide. It is reproduced here for the first time.