Against the Tide: Childhood in Czechoslovakia, Life During the Holocaust, Encounters in Postwar Europe, Adjustments to America, Healthy and Vigorous Living [Hardcover]

Harry Weinberg (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Shengold Pub (November 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884001385
• ISBN-13: 978-0884001386
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,340,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A direct and honest account of one man's life, July 1, 1998

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This review is from: Against the Tide: Childhood in Czechoslovakia, Life During the Holocaust, Encounters in Postwar Europe, Adjustments to America, Healthy and Vigorous Living (Hardcover)

Harry Weinberg, now in his 70's and living in Queens, NJ, wrote a very blunt book about his life and included in it his observations on Catholics, people on welfare, gypsies, women who don't like to cook, and many other Old World observations. His personal sufferings under Nazi occupation were horrendous and he lost a lot of his family and their property, but he went to America in 1953 and started a new life in the grocery business.

It's interesting because it's written almost disingenously, from a very European Jewish point of view, that one must take advantage of all possible ways to make money. The thinking is clear; this is often edited nowadays to reduce antiSemitism. I found the book at a San Francisco public library book sale for $1.00 and have passed it around to friends for its sheer honesty.

Anyone interested in health might also enjoy it.