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"""With each memoir by a survivor, Riga's tragic fate becomes better known. Thus Max Michelson's book, filled with poignant and moving episodes, deserves to be read by anyone wishing to learn more about the life and death of a Jewish community which included the great historian Shimon Dubnov. But it is also a story of courage and rebirth of a young man who wants to find meaning in his survival..."" -- Elie Wiesel. ""Through the prism of his own experiences, Michelson provides a wonderful glimpse into Eastern European life both before and during the Nazi occupation of Latvia..."" -- Julie D Freeman, SUNY-Oneonta."

With each memoir by a survivor, Riga's tragic fate becomes better known. Thus Max Michelson's book, filled with poignant and moving episodes, deserves to be read by anyone wishing to learn more about the life and death of a Jewish community which included the great historian Shimon Dubnov. But it is also a story of courage and rebirth of a young man who wants to find meaning in his survival... -- Elie Wiesel. Through the prism of his own experiences, Michelson provides a wonderful glimpse into Eastern European life both before and during the Nazi occupation of Latvia... -- Julie D Freeman, SUNY-Oneonta.

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Max Michelson, a retired engineer, is married and lives in Framingham, Massachusetts. With his wife Julia, he has raised two sons, and Michelson regards his three grandchildren as the best thing that has ever happened to him.

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