Samson, Shawn Hoffman
Samson, Shawn Hoffman
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Samson
A Savior Will Rise

Author: Shawn Hoffman

Narrator: Shawn Hoffman

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 11/05/2013

Synopsis

Winner of 7 International Book Festival Competitions for Best Novel of the Year, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco. The year is 1941, and Samson Abrams makes a life-or-death decision that lands him, and his entire family, in the notorious concentration camp Auschwitz. When Samson is recognized by Dr. Josef Mengele and Commandant Rudolf Höss as a former boxing champion, he is ordered box for their entertainment. A win means extra rations, but the penalty for losing is death in the gas chambers. One question haunts Samson as he and his family face one atrocity after another: Where is God in the face of such evil? An unexpected friendship between the Jewish Samson and the Polish Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe challenges Samson to examine what little is left of his faith, but will it give him strength when he needs it most? Based on true stories, Samson: A Savior Will Rise blends Shawn Hoffman’s thorough research with a compelling narrative that provokes questions about faith, hope, and love.

About Shawn Hoffman

Shawn Hoffman is an actor, screenwriter, and producer whose credits include a leading role in Broadway’s The Survivor and many other leading roles in films and television, such as performing at the Academy Awards and being a producer on the NBC show The Apprentice. He has written ten screenplays that have sold to various film studios and production companies, and his screenplay for Samson has won several film festivals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on August 04, 2014

Another WWII/Holocaust masterpiece! Be warned though. This is extremely graphic describing Dr Josef Mengele's experimentation on the Jews. Gut-wrenching but brilliant read! 10 Stars if I could :)......more

Goodreads review by Sara on July 14, 2024

I could not put this book down. Gut wrenching. This book is based on factual information that will anger your soul and make you sick to your stomach. As disturbing as it is, it is an important read to remind us of the horror that so many people went through in Auschwitz. I pray with everything in my......more

Goodreads review by Tabitha on February 16, 2025

One word. Wow!! This book is gut wrenchingly beautiful......more

Goodreads review by Nick on July 02, 2021

This was very good. Very scary, very creepy, very realistic. Not something I should have been reading before bedtime. Samson's journey was remarkable and tragic, and while it is always hard to tell how much is true and how much is false, there was a good amount of research that I'd believe most of t......more

Goodreads review by VALERIE on November 06, 2018

I want to say this book was really good however, it is really hard to read in spots, but the book really affected me. Shawn Hoffman does an amazing job focusing on the spiritual power and inner strength people have in unimaginable situations. The terrible atrocities placed on these people is inhuman......more

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