Author Description

Memoirs of the author, born Walter Fackenheim in 1920 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Pp. 91-147 describe the Nazi period in Germany, Frank's experiences in school, his arrest following "Kristallnacht" in November 1938 and his internment in Buchenwald until April 1939. In May, he emigrated to Shanghai with his parents and brother. After the war he settled in the U.S.