Despite Everything I Won

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A true story about an 11 years old brave boy, who succeeded to escape from the burning ghetto to the huge forests of North Belarus, while the Nazi's machine guns were shooting all over, and the Nazi's tanks are firing the Glubokoye ghetto on August 20th, 1943.

His twin brother, and all of his entire broad family (uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents) were killed by the Nazis in this ghetto on this tragic day.

Michael Etkin was the only survivor from the entire broad Etkin family
One bullet from the Nazi's firing machine-guns had hit his foot, but still he succeeded to reach the forest and joined the Partisans.

He stayed with the Partisans in the huge forests of Belarus for almost a year, then searched for his dear beloved mother – Eva Kaminska-Etkin (who was a brave Jewish partisan, fighting against the Nazis in another forest, and was murdered by the Nazis), and in April 1946 he immigrated to Israel, and rebuilt the Etkin family.
This is a story of triumph, proving that everything is possible !
An inspiring book for all ages.

"No one can defeat those who refuse to give up ! Only the person himself determines his fate !" This is the main message of this story.

An amazing life story of Michael Etkin, who was a physical-education teacher in Israel for many years, and educated many generations of children to be aware of the resilience of the spirit and power of man, and became to be well recognized and admired by everyone he met.

Against all odds, Michael Etkin succeeded to rise from the ashes and built a large extended great family in the land of Israel.
Michael died in February 2009 at the age of 77, and immortalized his life story in this inspiring book.




Never give up