A Drastic Turn of Destiny
- Publisher
- Azrieli Foundation
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- Jewish Studies, Historical, 20th Century
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897470626
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
The nerve-wracking account of one family’s efforts to stay one step ahead of the Nazi death machine, A Drastic Turn of Destiny is also the captivating story of a boy’s coming of age in the chaos of war. The biblical theme of Exodus gives shape to Fred Mann’s story as he traces his family’s flight from Nazi Germany through Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Jamaica, to ultimately find refuge in Canada. Against the backdrop of very real fear, persecution and exile, this memoir brings to light the experience of a resourceful teenage boy who is forced to grow up too fast. Successful as he is in helping his family in their desperate determination to survive, Fred Mann’s story is at the same time a lament for a lost childhood.
About the author
Fred Mann was born in 1926 in Leipzig, Germany. During his travels after the war, he met and married his wife in Salzburg, Austria, and the family immigrated to Toronto in 1952, where he had a long career as an international financier. He passed away in 2008.