If Home is Not Here
- Publisher
- Azrieli Foundation
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2012
- Category
- Jewish Studies, 20th Century, Historical
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897470701
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
Max Bornstein’s epic account of a poor Jewish boy born in 1920s Poland is breathtaking in scope. Not quite two when he immigrates to Canada, he returns to Europe in 1933, the year that Adolf Hitler came to power. Barely surviving as a stateless refugee in 1930s Paris, he manages to escape as France falls to the Nazis only to be interned in a Spanish concentration camp. Rich in details of pre-war life in Poland, France and Canada and life for Jewish refugees in wartime Britain, If Home Is Not Here gives rare insights into the experiences of a Jewish boy caught up in political forces beyond his control.
About the author
Max Bornstein was born on November 12, 1921, in Warsaw, Poland. After the war, he arrived back on Canadian soil on June 25, 1947. Max and his wife, Min, were married for more than sixty years. Min passed away in 2010; Max Bornstein passed away in 2015.