Richard Weilheimer

"At the age of seven Richard Weilheimer witnessed the arrest of his father, the destruction of his home,and the burning of his Synagogue on Kristallnacht. In October 1940 his entire family was deported to Camp Gurs in Vichy controlled France. Several months later the Quaker arranged for Richard and his younger brother to be placed in an orphanage in Aspet, southern France. His mother died in Gurs in 1941 and two years later his father was gassed in Sobibor.
The Quakers arranged for Richard and his brother to be on the last ship out of Europe,just five days before Adolf Eichmann came to Paris to demand the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Richard arrived in the United States at the age of ten without knowing English. He integrated into American society, fought in the Korean conflict and had a successful career in the fashion industry."
From the back cover of the book.… (lisätietoja)