Sam Domb’s Biography —  He Hath Not Let Me Die! From Ashes to Life
Researched and Written By: Gershon Stav
Hebrew Language/ Text Editor: Yehudit Schwartz
Translated into English By: Nachama Kanner
English Editor: Yael Unterman
Collecting Data: Orly Gal

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Table of Contents

Letter from Rabbi Yonah Metzger,
Chief Rabbi of Israel………………………………………………15
Letter from Dr. Uzi Landau,
Minister of National Infrastructures………………………….17
Introduction: And You Shall Tell Your Son………………19

Section One Destruction: 1939-1949………………..25

Chapter 1 An Inferno of Explosions……………………..26
Chapter 2 Mother……………………………………………….33
Chapter 3 The Angel…………………………………………..40
Chapter 4 By Roundabout Paths…………………………..57
Chapter 5 Stealing Across the Border……………………65
Chapter 6 For Brethren to Dwell Together…………….72
Chapter 7 Bialystok……………………………………………85
Chapter 8 Minsk – Parting from Father…………………95
Chapter 9 In the Forests and Hollows of the Earth..106
Chapter 10 From Arkhangelsk to Kutaisi………………118
Chapter 11 Georgia – Kutaisi………………………………135
Chapter 12 Lodz – Under the Aegis of the Relief Organizations…146
Chapter 13 Zeilsheim…………………………………………159

Section Two Rebirth: 1950-1960…………………….181

Chapter 14 Hanitah…………………………………………….183
Chapter 15 The House on Ahuzah Street……………….203
Chapter 16 In the Israel Defense Forces………………..211

Section Three He Raises From the Dust…………225

Chapter 17 America……………………………………………227
Chapter 18 A Long, Hard Road…………………………237
Chapter 19 For the Sake of My Home, For the Sake of My Brethren and Friends….253
Chapter 20 New York, New York……………………..266
Chapter 21 With Israeli Leaders and Personalities……274
Chapter 22 Giuliani……………………………………………285
Chapter 23 Return to Pultusk………………………………294
Chapter 24 In the Depths of American Politics
(Encounters with Leaders and Heads of State)…….303
Chapter 25 Sara…………………………………………………316
Chapter 26 Arik – Leadership and Friendship……….322
Chapter 27 In the Tent of Torah……………………………335
Chapter 28 Jerusalem – A City Bound Firmly Together…..345
Epilogue……………………………………………………………353
Bibliography………………………………………………………357

Appendix 1: From the Family Album……………………359
Appendix 2: Georgia 2012 …………………………………..389
Appendix 3: Documents………………………………………397