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Social Science Jewish Studies

E96: Fate Undecided

by (author) Paul-Henri Rips

Publisher
The Azrieli Foundation
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
Jewish Studies, 20th Century, Historical
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897470633
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $14.99

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The son of an Antwerp diamond merchant, Paul-Henri Rips was ten when the Nazis invaded Belgium and ended his “golden childhood” forever. Guided by his father’s admonition to “Sei a mensch” (Be a decent person), Rips managed to hold onto his humanity in the face of unfathomable inhumanity.

About the author

Paul-Henri Rips was born in 1929 in Antwerp. He left Antwerp in 1950 and moved to the Belgian Congo and then to South Africa, where he married his wife, Lily. In 1997, the couple immigrated to Toronto to join their children and grandchildren.

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