num_pages: 186
description: Four months before Hitler came to power, Pavel Friedländer was born in Prague to a middle-class Jewish family. In 1939, seven-year-old Pavel and his family were forced to flee Czechoslovakia for France, but his parents were able to conceal their son in a Roman Catholic seminary before being shipped to their destruction. After a whole-hearted religious conversion, young Pavel began training for priesthood. The birth of Israel prompted his discovery of his Jewish past and his true identity. Friedländer describes his experiences, moving from Israeli present to European past with composure and elegance.The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the British Commonwealth or Empire (excluding Canada.)
language: English
title: When Memory Comes
titlecomplete: When Memory Comes
genres: History, World War II, European History, Holocaust, War, World History, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 160
series: Memories
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press