Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was forever destroyed. On November 9, 1938 - Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass - Eddie was beaten by SS thugs, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp with thousands of other Jews from across Germany. Every day for the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors in Buchenwald, in Auschwitz, and finally on a forced death march during the Third Reich's last days. The Nazis took everything from Eddie - his family, his friends, and his country. But they did not break his spirit.

Against unbelievable odds, Eddie found the will to survive. Overwhelmingly grateful, he made a promise: to smile every day in thanks for the precious gift he was given and to honor the six million Jews murdered by Hitler. As he turned one hundred years of age, Eddie proudly called himself the "happiest man on earth." In his remarkable memoir, this born storyteller shares his wisdom and reflects on his amazing life, talking warmly and openly about the power of gratitude, tolerance, and kindness. Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. With The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie shows us how.

• HarperCollins Publishers, 2020, 195 pages.