The Diary
The diary is a personal register of events, experiences and
observations during my captivity. It was written during a voyage
from Egypt to South Africa and from there to San Francisco and,
finally, during my stay in various camps in the u.s. Altogether
it comprises 53 pages of simple descriptions of events and reflec
tions of a prisoner of war.
The most remarkable and extraordinary aspect of the diary is
not its content, but the way it survived 42 years {from 1946 to...