The First Volunteer - Paul Lowinger pride The Holocaust Memorial Museum –

The Holocaust Memorial Museum – Sacred Secular Space reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols

" the potentially deadly skin virus that's spread by contact

the Yiddish language bears the imprint of the many places where European Jews were briefly given shelter

Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his government and secretly issues visas to fleeing Jewish refugees

won the Voss Literary Prize

The First Volunteer - Paul Lowinger pride The Holocaust Memorial Museum –PROLOGUE THANK YOU for picking up this book and reading my story. Perhaps it is not a story at all, but rather a collection of memories of FOUR unforgettable months spent in Israel during my youth. There are many people to whom I am indebted and whom I owe many thanks. There are my Parents, of blessed memory, both on my side of the family and that of my dear wife Kitty, without whose tenacity and inspiration the events in the following pages would