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Peter J. Stein was a witness to history, a keeper of Holocaust memories and teller of its stories. He grew up the child of a Catholic mother and a Jewish father who was forced into slave labor and later disappeared. Nazi-occupied Prague was full of German soldiers everywhere and Peter's loved ones vanished in mystery and secret. As a 12-year-old immigrant in America, he searched for a new identity that left his past behind. But as Faulkner tells us, the past is never past. When, as a college professor, a group of students sought his help to challenge a Holocaust teacher, Stein's memories of his childhood resurfaced. A Boy's Journey makes the past present and carries it into our future so that we do not forget.

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Not just another Holocaust book, A Boy's Journey: From Nazi-Occupied Prague to Freedom in America by Peter J. Stein grips the reader with heartfelt revelations that can only be expressed by a survivor. The best books on the Holocaust are not only interesting to read, but also ask readers to think about their own lives and what they would have done in similar situations. A Boy's Journey reminds us to do just that. Born in Prague two years before the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Peter Stein spent his early childhood years experiencing the cruelties of Hitler's regime. Stein's book offers an honest, riveting account of life under Nazi rule as seen through the eyes of a child. Readers then experience his transatlantic sailing to America where he and his mother finally reunite with his father. So begins his life in a country busy absorbing refugees fleeing war-torn Europe. The study of the Holocaust is now a required part of school curricula in an increasing number of states across the country. Stein's book should be included in a short list of recommended Holocaust memoirs for students and teachers. --Sharon Halperin, Director of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education of North Carolina Peter Stein has produced a remarkable tale of Nazi occupation, the Holocaust, and emigration that reimagines events from the perspective of a young boy. Part history, part memoir, A Boy's Journey: From Nazi-Occupied Prague to Freedom in America is a touching, eloquent act of remembrance. Chad Bryant, author of Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism

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