Woodbury Physician Authors Book About His Grandfather's Survival Through the Holocaust

Southbury resident and Woodbury physician, Erik LeMoullec, has written a book called ‘Remember Your Name.’ It is a historical narrative nonfiction YA book about his grandfather’s survival through the Holocaust. It’s available in both print and e-book.

LeMoullec describes his book:

While sitting in traffic heading to her great-grandfather’s eighty-fourth birthday party, Hayden asks her dad why her great-grandfather speaks the way he does. What follows is a car ride she will never forget as she learns about his difficult childhood.

From living in the Lodz ghetto at age ten to surviving the hells of Auschwitz and a death march from Gorlitz concentration camp at fifteen, Teddy Znamirowski faced unfathomable horrors, narrowly escaping death time and time again.

Liberated at sixteen, he took on smuggling as a means to survive. It was not until the Bricha approached him and he became a lead operative - smuggling thousands of refugees across country borders - that he was finally able to begin his life again.

Teddy’s story is one of survival amidst horrific circumstances. The author does not sensationalize the suffering his grandfather and his family endured, but in this work of narrative nonfiction simply recreates this remarkable man’s early life during one of the darkest moments of human history.

About me:

Erik LeMoullec is a chiropractor and acupuncturist in Woodbury, CT. He currently resides in Southbury, Connecticut with his wife Shannon and their two daughters, Hayden and Reese. He received his B.S. Degree from Oneonta State University in 2004 and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree at the University of Bridgeport in 2008.

Growing up a first generation American in a Jewish household in Monsey, New York is interesting - a strong emphasis on family heritage and a layer of Jewish guilt cover everything.

After listening to the horrific and heroic episodes of his grandfather’s youth, Erik believed they were for a greater audience. Together with his grandmother, he observed as Teddy lectured audiences at middle/high schools, Holocaust museums and libraries, resulting in inquisitive questions and disbelief. When taking over the reins and presenting his grandfather’s story himself, the results continued.

To book clubs and groups of ten members or more:

Erik will address in person, any gathering within a thirty mile radius of Woodbury, Connecticut or within the New York metropolitan area. He will address gatherings outside of those areas though Skype. Erik can be contacted at eriklemoullec@gmail.com. On twitter @dreriklemoullec or through his website www.backtohealthwoodbury.com.