CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST

The harrowing true story of a young boy exiled in World War II Poland, this memoir of survival has been hailed as a quintessential classic, as powerful as Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, and celebrated for its rare beauty.

Jack Kuper was only nine years old when he came home to find everyone in his family gone. The night before, Germans had come to his village in rural Poland and removed all the Jews. Now alone in the world, he has to change his name, forget his language, and abandon his religion in order to survive. Jack wanders through Nazi occupied Poland for four years, with no place to hide and no one to trust.

After World War II, Jack Kuper escaped Poland and immigrated to Canada at the age of fifteen. He spent much of his career in advertising, producing and directing award-winning TV commercials. As a filmmaker he wrote and directed several shorts. His film RUN! was honoured at the Venice Film Festival. He is also the author of After the Smoke Cleared, the sequel to his bestselling memoir Child of the Holocaust. He lives in Toronto with his wife, and speaks often to groups about his experiences during the Holocaust.

"JANKELE LEBT"
Deutsch von Katja Sund, Sandra Gerstner und Daniela Beyer
HC: Miliitzke Verlag, 10/1998; PB: Piper,06/2000. Rights reverted 10/2005.