Out of the Depths

Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel. Out of the Depths is his inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest concentration camps, and how he managed to survive. Lau, who lost most of his family in the Holocaust, also chronicles his life after the war, with that once-lost boy of eight now a brilliant, charismatic, and world-revered figure who has visited with countless global leaders.