- Summary
- "Joseph Schwarzberg is sixteen years old and living a dangerous double life--as a German Jew carrying false identity papers in France, he must constantly lie, constantly evade capture. Under threat since fleeing with his mother and sister from Germany after the violent attacks during Kristallnacht in 1938, Joseph and his family resolve to get as far from the Nazis as possible, having witnessed the Germans' malevolent intentions toward Jews. Their first refuge, in Belgium, lasts only a year before they must once again flee from the German occupation. When they reach France, their safety is short-lived when the Germans occupy the country in June 1940. Then, young Joseph must leave his mother and sister, both for their safety as well as his own. After years in hiding and on the run, assuming the identity of nineteen-year-old Joseph-Jean Sarlat, he bravely joins the underground resistance in France, fighting the Germans and sabotaging their war effort. Narrowly avoiding roundups of Jews and escaping from arrests and interrogations, Joseph lives with the daily dread of being discovered"-- Publisher's website.
- Series
- The Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. [Series X]
Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Schwarzberg, Joseph, 1926- author.
- Published
- [Toronto, Ontario] : The Azrieli Foundation, [2018]
©2018
- Locale
- Germany
Leipzig
France
Israel
Allemagne
Israël
Canada
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
-
Introduction by Renée Poznanski
pt. I. A time of hope and fear
Growing up fast
Escape to Brussels
The earth trembled
A community in peril
The art of deception
Respite in the south
Going underground
Resistance
Reunion and renewal
pt. 2. Am Yisrael Chai
Kibbutz life
The Negev
Final battles
Gains and losses
Epilogue by Eve Schwartz.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Azrieli Foundation, publisher.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction by Renée Poznanski -- pt. I. A time of hope and fear -- Growing up fast -- Escape to Brussels -- The earth trembled -- A community in peril -- The art of deception -- Respite in the south -- Going underground -- Resistance -- Reunion and renewal -- pt. 2. Am Yisrael Chai -- Kibbutz life -- The Negev -- Final battles -- Gains and losses -- Epilogue by Eve Schwartz.
