Table of Contents
Introduccion Ted Koppel 13
Preface 17
Chapter 1 Early Childhood in Frankfurt 19
Chapter 2 Hans Calmeyer 26
Chapter 3 Settling in the Netherlands 37
Chapter 4 The First Years of German Occupation 44
Chapter 5 An Official at the Reich Commissariat 49
Chapter 6 Wearing the Star of David 53
Chapter 7 Different Destinies 64
Chapter 8 Roundups 70
Chapter 9 Sabotaging Hitler's Final Solution 77
Chapter 10 The Tide Is Turning 87
Chapter 11 Bolting Out of Reach 92
Chapter 12 Barograph 101
Chapter 13 Hunger Winter 106
Chapter 14 Liberation 113
Chapter 15 In Detention 118
Chapter 16 New Beginning 126
Chapter 17 Denazification 132
Chapter 18 Where to Fit In? 139
Chapter 19 Uncharted Future 146
Chapter 20 Restoration 154
Chapter 21 Embracing New Life 160
Chapter 22 The World Is Open 168
Chapter 23 Slightly Eccentric 176
Chapter 24 Too Little, Too Little! 185
Chapter 25 Academe and Real Life 194
Chapter 26 Wrestling the Past 200
Chapter 27 Preparing for Death 208
Chapter 28 A Circle Closes 215
Chapter 29 A Devastating Loss 219
Chapter 30 Fulfilling My Promise 225
Sources 230
Notes 233
Acknowledgments 242
About the Authors 248
Photo Credits 251