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Chasing Shadows: Memories of a Vanished World - Hardcover

Gryn, Hugo

 
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Synopsis

Chasing Shadows is both the story of a young man's experiences in the Holocaust and a record of a vanished world, the vibrant and tightly-knit Jewish community of Carpathia, decimated during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. In a manuscript writtenshortly after the war, Hugo Gryn, who endeared himself to millions through his radio appearances on Moral Maze, described his experiences under the Nazis. Transferred first to Auschwitz, and then the work camp Lieberose, with only his father to protect and guide him, Hugo Gryn described the daily struggle for survival and the tragedy that awaited his family after Liberation.

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About the Author

Rabbi Hugo Gryn was born in Carpathia and was sent to Auschwitz and Lieberose at the age of 13. Upon liberation he returned briefly to Carpathia before leaving to undertake rabinnical studies in America. He became Rabbi at the West London synagogue where he stayed for 32 years and was the most popular contributer to the Moral Maze. He also appeared regularly on Thought for the Day and on Capital Radio. He died in 1996.

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