Vanished Boyhood

by George Stern

Overview

A month before George Stern’s thirteenth birthday, Germany invaded his native Hungary, anti-Jewish edicts were passed and a ghetto was established. A rebel even then, George refused to wear the Jewish star. “Passing” as a Christian boy, he survived the siege of Budapest as the Soviet Red Army pressed closer, strafing the city while the fascist Arrow Cross continued to hunt for Jews.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897470770
Publisher:	Azrieli Foundation
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	141
File size:	12 MB
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Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

George Stern was born on April 21, 1931, in the Budapest suburb of Újpest. After the war, he immigrated to Israel and fought in the War of Independence. In 1960, George and his wife, Judit, left Israel for São Paulo, Brazil; they immigrated to Canada in 1970. George Stern is very active in Holocaust education in Toronto, where he and Judit still live, and in Florida.

Table of Contents

Series Preface ix

About the Glossary xi

Introduction Susan Papp xiii

Map xxvii

Family Tree xxviii

Foreword Rabbi Wayne Allen xxxi

The Early Years 1

Life Changes Overnight 11

The Siege of Budapest 21

The Aftermath 31

Aliyah! 39

Judit 47

Waves of Change 61

Brazil 69

Journey to North America 83

Epilogue 99

Glossary 105

Photographs 121

Index 135