"Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Inspiring Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Icon" by Joshua M. Greene

FrankCann: Good inspirational read. Writing was a bit shallow though

United States on Sep 26, 2023

P. YoungP. Young: I came across a posting about this book, Unstoppable, and knew from its subtitle how “heavy” the subject was but was assured that the horror of the holocaust was only the first few chapters and that the remainder was quite different. That’s an understatement – except for the fact that Siggi, in his own words, “lived in Auschwitz every day”!

The book opens up shocking truths hard to accept that Siggi so bravely lectured about. His dedication to his faith and for doing good for everyone associated with him using common sense, humor, generosity, and honesty is a testimony to the power of goodness and its triumph over evil. I am convinced that Siggi has likely done more for Jews than any pope has done for Christians. He believed that his survival had all to do with the Almighty, and as much as you can believe that it did, you must believe his work educating the world about the true horrors of the Holocaust came from “the hand of the Almighty” so that it will never happen again. Siggi is an inspiration to mankind.

Just like Elie Wiezel, his friend and author of the Nobel Peace Prize winning book, Night, Unstoppable will stay with you for the remainder of...

United States on Jun 14, 2023

DOUGLAS L GOLD: A Bissell drek with unnecessary boring details

Canada on Nov 08, 2022

skl: Writing reviews can be easy; but I think biographical reviews are hard to write..
What content to extrapolate to capture the character of a man, but not allow the review to read as a biography?
I thought this book would be how an eighteen yr old survived two concentration camps. Wrong!
So.. you need to know this book is not about life in Germany or Poland. It's about being granted that gift of a second chance to live.
A hero of sorts; a man who had an exceptional drive to succeed and knew how high to jump in clearing hurdles.
Siggi Wilzig got off the ship in 1947-America- donning an extremely thick head of dark hair and a huge smile. Having no money and somewhat of an elementary school education Siggi had a generous heart, people skills, and was always told he had a great sense of humor. These attributes wouldn't show their worth until years later.
His very first job was shoveling snow for a dollar; the next - cleaning toilets in a sweatshop, both without complaints- because I'm in America, he would say. Siggi recognizes quickly in order to get better jobs he must pretend he had the knowledge; ultimately impressing his bosses by turning a profit for their small...

United States on Jul 18, 2021

Para Italy: While it is fashionable in some circles today to believe that achieving the “American Dream” of health, wealth and happiness is no longer possible, "Unstoppable" proves the contrary. Siggi Wilzig’s “rags to riches” story is all the more amazing because he came to the United States in 1947 at the age of 21 with $240 in his pocket and then began his new life as a poor immigrant shoveling snow, cleaning toilets, and selling household goods as a travelling salesman. When one considers that Siggi had already survived torture and starvation at the hands of SS guards in Auschwitz, what he was able to achieve before his death in 2003 truly deserves to be called an “astonishing journey.”

Sigi got his opportunity to achieve his American Dream in the mid-1950s, when Sol Diamond, a prominent entrepreneur in then his late 70s, sensed that his much younger friend was the right person to take control of a struggling Texas oil company in which both Diamond and Sigi owned stock. By 1964, Sigi and a small group of friends and family had accumulated enough stock in the Wilshire Oil Company of Texas to get two seats on the company’s board of directors. A year later, Sigi was...

United States on Apr 24, 2021