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We Survived...At Last I Speak - Book Tour and Giveaway

3/20/2019

We Survived....At Last I Speak
by Leon Malmed
Genre: Historical Biography

This is Leon Malmed’s true story of his and his sister Rachel’s escape from the Holocaust in Occupied France. When their father and mother were arrested in 1942, their courageous and heroic French neighbors volunteered to watch their children until they returned. Leon’s parents were taken first to Drancy, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and they never returned. Meanwhile their downstairs neighbors, Henri and Suzanne Ribouleau, gave the children a home and family and sheltered them through subsequent roundups, threats, air raids, and the war’s privations. The courage, sympathy, and dedication of the Ribouleaus and others stand in strong contrast to the collaborations and moral weakness of many of the French authorities. Leon and Rachel each came to America after the war, but always kept their strongest ties to “Papa Henri and Maman Suzanne,” who were honored as “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem in 1977. Leon bares his soul in this narrative of love and courage, set against a backdrop of tragedy, fear, injustice, prejudice, and the greatest moral outrage of the modern era. It is a story of goodness triumphing once more over evil.

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Wednesday, January 19, 1944. They came to arrest us, my sister and me. I am six years old and Rachel eleven.
……..

Madame Baugis implored the SS officerer to let her keep Charlot: “He‘s not even six years old. Look at him. Does he look like a criminal?”
Monsieur Baugis, like Yvette and his wife had done earlier, begged:
“He is just a child. He has not committed any crime. Take me instead. I can be useful to the German army. Leave him with my wife.”
Very well, said the officer in an arrogant tone:
“All of you get into the truck with the little Jew. You are all arrested for hiding a Jew.”

Leon Malmed was born in France on October 4th, 1937.
He is a Holocaust Survivor.
He immigrated to the U.S, in 1964. He lived 18 years in New York.
He was a resident of the San Francisco Bay area for 30 years. He and his wife
Patricia now live full time in South Lake Tahoe.

Leon graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Paris. He is a graduate of the Finance Senior Executive program at UCLA and the Executive Institute for Management of High Technology Companies at Stanford Business School.

Leon worked in the High Tech industry in Silicon Valley where he held executive positions for over 30 years. He served on Hi-Tech companies Board of Directors and is currently on the Board of the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation.

After 60 years of total silence about his childhood during the Holocaust and aftermath, Leon decided to publish his memoir. He is the author of “We Survived…At Last I Speak” available in English, French and Spanish.
His books are available at Amazon.com, Lulu.com, Kindle.com and Audible.com.

Leon speaks about the Holocaust in Schools, Colleges, Universities, Churches, Synagogues, Book clubs and Men and women’s clubs in the US, in Europe and South America. He has been interviewed on TV and radio.
Besides writing books, he loves riding bikes, skiing, sailing and golfing.
He participated last year in the Dancing with the Tahoe Stars and won one of the two trophies.

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44 Comments

James Robert

3/20/2019 04:34:14 am

Hello! Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. Always fun reading about another book to enjoy.

MargaretAnn Rice

3/20/2019 06:21:53 am

At first look, the cover makes me think it is a story of domestic violence, child abuse - the excerpt takes it further than that. Well done

June S.

3/20/2019 07:22:07 am

I want to read this Historical Biography, good luck on your book tour Leon.

Janet W.

3/20/2019 07:22:48 am

I really like the cover. Sounds like a very interesting read.

Shirley Ann Speakman

3/20/2019 07:30:34 am

What an amazing story and the courage of some people in such hard and frightening times. I think cover suits the theme of the story.

Kelly D

3/20/2019 08:57:52 am

I like the cover, especially the hand drawn effect.

Rita Wray

3/20/2019 12:09:16 pm

Sounds like a good book.

Calvin

3/20/2019 12:34:38 pm

I don't see covers like these often, looks like the author's been through a lot.

Victoria

3/20/2019 12:54:08 pm

This sounds like it is going to be an amazing book, thanks for sharing!

Wendy Jensen

3/20/2019 01:01:23 pm

This looks like a very intriguing book to read.

Debbie P

3/20/2019 02:28:51 pm

This sounds like a very intriguing read. Cool cover!

heather

3/20/2019 02:53:39 pm

I really like the cover of this one makes me want to read it even more.

wendy hutton

3/20/2019 04:23:49 pm

love seeing hand drawn covers, very original

Dale Wilken

3/20/2019 10:28:27 pm

This story needs to be read by all especially now you had an amazing live.

Sara Zielinski

3/21/2019 11:57:37 am

I think this book has an awesome cover.

Kelly Nicholson

3/21/2019 02:41:50 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

well? its a very scary or sad looking cover..hope the story is good

Mood Reader

3/22/2019 01:44:09 pm

Sounds like an interesting read! :)

aaron reck

3/22/2019 04:56:03 pm

Well I can't wait to her what you have to say and that's very great. Thanks so much.

Marcy Meyer

3/22/2019 07:23:07 pm

I think this sounds good. Thanks for sharing. The cover is very interesting.

angela heerde

3/23/2019 02:58:44 am

I like the book cover

Beyond Comps

3/23/2019 06:59:15 am

Love the artistic tweak on the cover!

lynn clayton

3/23/2019 01:45:55 pm

this looks like really really good read

Bea LaRocca

3/24/2019 08:39:19 am

This sounds like it's going to be a deeply moving and I think, a necessary read. Thank you so much for sharing your words.

Chelle

3/24/2019 10:10:58 am

Sounds like a heartwarming book that I would like to read. Thanks!

Terri Quick

3/27/2019 10:17:50 pm

Very touching story

3/30/2019 10:01:23 pm

love the cover looks like a great read

Lavender P.

3/31/2019 09:09:01 am

I am so sorry you had to be that scared little boy on the cover. No child should have to experience the darkness and cruelty of war. I am glad you are able to find your voice to tell your story. We need to keep these stories alive for I fear history may repeat itself if we are not too careful.

Mary Cloud

4/1/2019 08:47:57 pm

No questions - the cover is interesting

Mya Murphy

4/3/2019 10:57:36 am

The cover is unique and exciting!!

Kathy Cozzarelli

4/5/2019 11:02:25 pm

The kid on the cover looks so scared, he completely fits the subject of the book.

bn100

4/6/2019 12:22:32 pm

interesting

Daniella Bonagura

4/7/2019 02:55:01 am

Looks interesting .

Denise Higgins

4/9/2019 05:17:35 am

Love the cover

Kelly Skibbe

4/9/2019 05:25:27 pm

I love it. It is so intriguing with the little boy.

Jessie Redding

4/9/2019 08:49:37 pm

I think this cover promises some hardcore feels.

Lisa Ellison

4/10/2019 05:18:47 pm

I like the cover, it is very original!

Patricio

4/12/2019 05:08:28 pm

The cover is amazing

Heather

4/12/2019 06:11:40 pm

Wow, the author is amazing.

Bridgett Wilbur

4/14/2019 01:56:38 pm

I would love to read your book.

Suzannah Clark

4/14/2019 06:56:59 pm

Wow the cover is just haunting. In 1985 I visited Auschwitz. It was one of the most disturbing and sorrowful places I have ever gone too. We heard stories of horror and stories of courage.

Jason Cullum

4/15/2019 10:57:44 pm

Captivating cover and along with the title.

Daniel M

4/18/2019 06:58:35 pm

like the cover

tiago rosado

4/20/2019 12:35:17 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?
although the cover art looks child like,it as a strength about it!!
THX

Jerry Marquardt

4/20/2019 11:37:33 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including We Survived...At Last I Speak, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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by Leon Malmed
Genre: Historical Biography

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