EVADAREA DIN GHETOU. Uimitoarea poveste a copilului care a fugit de nazisti.

This book follows Chaim Herzsman, a Jewish boy fleeing Nazi rule. In early 1940, he faces hunger in Poland’s Lodz ghetto. He ventures outside its bounds and must kill a Nazi guard. At thirteen, he begins a journey across wartime Europe.

He escapes gunfire near Russia and finds shelter with a German family. In occupied France, he falls in love. His route leads through Spain, where he faces capture. In Britain, officials question him as a suspected Nazi spy. He later fights with the British army.

This true-life account suits readers of wartime biography and family history. John Carr draws on his father’s notes and recordings. He traces both the dangers and the help his father met. This Romanian paperback edition appeared in 2023.