Benjamin Parket

Ben Parket was born in Paris in 1933 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Poland. In 1942, targeted by Nazis and the French collaborators, he and his family went into hiding in their courtyard. Ben is a retired architect, the father of three children, and grandfather to six. He lived in Paris and Tel Aviv before settling happily in Northern California 60 years ago. The Courtyard is his first book.