The Pope and I: How the Lifelong Friendship between a Polish Jew and John Paul II Advanced Jewish-Christian Relations
Jerzy Kluger grew up in the Polish town of Wadowice, where he befriended Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II. While most of his family perished in Auschwitz, he escaped Poland and fought with the allies. After the war he moved to Rome and trained as an engineer. This book is his story, written with the help of Gianfranco Di Simone.