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SUMMARY:Wednesday Night Readers
UID:15350
DTSTAMP:20260422T224900Z
DTSTART:20251218T003000Z
DTEND:20251218T013000Z
LOCATION:Byron Public Library District, 100 S Washington St., Byron, IL 61
 010, United States
ROOM: Classroom 1
DESCRIPTION:Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was
  a teenager when his world was turned upside-down. On November 9, 1938, du
 ring the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, 
 Eddie was beaten by SS thugs, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp w
 ith thousands of other Jews across Germany. Every day of the next seven ye
 ars of his life, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors in Buchenwald, Auschwitz
 , and finally on a forced death march during the Third Reich's final 
 days. The Nazis took everything from Eddie - his family, his friends, and 
 his country. But they did not break his spirit. Against unbelieveable odd
 s, Eddie found the will to survive. Overwhelming grateful, he made a promi
 se: he would smile every day in thanks for the precious gift he was given 
 and to honor the six million Jews murdered by Hitler. Today, at 100 years 
 of age, despite all he suffered, Eddie calls himself the "happiest ma
 n on earth." In his remarkable memoir, this born storyteller shares h
 is wisdom and reflects on how he has led his best possible life, talking w
 armly and openly about the power of gratitude, tolerance, and kindness. Li
 fe can be beautiful if you make it brautiful. With The Happiest Man on Ear
 th, Eddie shows us how. 
URL:https://www.byronlibrary.org/event/wednesday-night-readers-15350
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