Beyond Survival – Kenneth Arkwright

“My father’s job in a small Jewish-owned shoe shop came to an end when the store was vandalised on Kristallnacht during the night 9/10 November 1938. I had reached the ripe old age of nearly six years …”

“I am a Jew. Between 1933 and 9145 I lived in Germany, the country of my birth, with the many who perished and with the few who survived the Holocaust.”

With these bold statements Ken Arkwright commences the story of his life. There have been countless stories written by and about Holocaust survivors, and each “Witness statement” deserves to be told, especially as the number of survivors who can give first-hand accounts is diminishing.

For decades the author resisted telling his story. As he comments, “Many years of reflecting on these events had to take place to make me feel the need to write about this journey.”

He now feels an urgency to relate telling his unique life experiences and the life stories of people he met who perished in the Holocaust, as otherwise they would die with him.

Now in his ninetieth year, Ken Arkwright writes with clarity and in great detail – and with a remarkable lack of bitterness – about the progress of his life through the Great Depression, the rise of the Nazis and World War II. This is not only a personal story but also an account of this significant period in history. It is a reminder to all of us to not be complacent,

Indeed, it is a story beyond survival

Paperback, Hybrid Publishers, 2018

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