My Life Growing Up White During Apartheid In South Africa
Philip was born and raised in South Africa. He grew up not having any social interaction with blacks as a child, or as a teenager because of Apartheid. He is also Jewish and experienced a great deal of anti-Semitism which affected him profoundly. After high school he was drafted into the armed forces and forced to fight in a war for the Apartheid Regime. Philip saw many terrible and tragic events that affected him deeply. He also goes through some of the most extraordinary events that engulfed him during his military service which eventually caused him to leave the country.