Creators & ContributorsFreund, John (author)
Goldberg, Esther (contributor)
Azrieli Foundation (contributor)
York University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Jewish Studies (contributor)
Freund, John (subject)

Summary"A young boy who loved soccer as much as he loved to write, John Freund found his joyful childhood shattered by the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. John’s family suffered through the systematic erosion of their rights only to be deported to Theresienstadt—en route to the Auschwitz death camp." —Publisher

ContentsSeries Preface
About the Glossary
Introduction / Esther Goldberg
Maps

1. Childhood. My Mother & Her Family. The Freunds. School Days
2. The War Starts. Departure
3. Auschwitz and Birkenau. The Family Camp. In the Men's Camp
4. The Final March
5. My Life 1945–1948: Return to Budějovice. Life in Prague. Darkening Clouds
6. Emigrant—Immigrant. Into Another World. Toronto

Epilogue. Reunion in Israel—May 1990
Glossary
Photographs
Index

Notes

• Originally published in 2007
• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxii) and index