Unstoppable : Siggi B. Wilzig's astonishing journey from Auschwitz survivor and penniless immigrant to Wall Street legend
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"Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family tothe darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz. Siggi used his wits to stay alive, pretending to have trade skills the Nazis could exploit to run the camp. After two death marches and near starvation, he was liberated from camp Mauthausen and wentto work for the US Army hunting Nazis, a service that earned him a visa to America. On arrival, he made three vows: to never go hungry again, to support the Jewish people, and to speak out against injustice. He earned his first dollar shoveling snow aftera fierce blizzard. His next job was laboring in toxic sweatshops. From these humble beginnings, he became President, Chairman and CEO of a New York Stock Exchange-listed oil company and grew a full-service commercial bank to more than $4 billion in assets"--
Available copies
- 18 of 20 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
2 current holds with 20 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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| Bedford Hills Free Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31003151631154 |
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| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31036150954136 |
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| Chappaqua Library | BIOGRAPHY WILZIG, SIGGI (Text) Biography |
31005153447646 |
Checked out 05/11/2024 |
| Eastchester Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31008152551772 |
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| Harrison Public Library | BIO WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31010300252972 |
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| Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31011151411410 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31016151757241 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31014152967711 |
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| Ossining Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31021153421424 |
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| Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | B WILZIG (Text) Biography |
31025152525317 |
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