How would you feel if you were ordered to be executed, then shot in the head and kicked off a bridge into a flowing river to wake up with your jaw hanging from you face, but still thankful you survived? The author Tommy Dick his memoir called Getting Out Alive. His memoir is brief but explains all the hardships and tuff times he went though growing up in a Nazi ruled country as a Jew. He was taken from his friends, family, and everyday life. Forced to work in labour camps he was beaten and dehumanized. Tommy was even technically killed, but he overcame death and survived a Nazi execution. Went into hiding and recovery for the remainder of the time the war was going on. Once the war was over and Hitler was no longer in charge Tommy and the Jews