Contents -- prelude -- preface -- on the beach -- a good beginning -- rohod -- the day before disaster -- into the whirlwind -- a cook in auschwitz -- life and death go on -- touching bottom -- picking up the pieces -- making a go of it -- out of europe -- starting over -- on my own -- adventures in the garment trade -- fitting in and branching out -- the real estate game -- the big time -- taking off in all directions -- almost losing it -- all in the family -- return to auschwitz -- index
Summary
Gruenwald paints his life story onto the larger canvas of some of the great conflicts and movements of the twentieth century. He offers a vivid portrayal of growing up affluent and Jewish in class-conscious Hungary in the interwar period and of the initial promise and disillusioning reality of Hungarian communism
