A collection of stories depict the author's journey through the Holocaust as a young boy, from the first hints of war on the tranquil Polish countryside, through the ghettos and concentration camps, to bittersweet post-war reunions
Bernard Gotfryd was a staff photographer for Newsweek magazine for more than three decades from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. These are his portraits of many of the most influential and important people of the day, including novelists, poets, politicians, film stars, performing artists, painters, and sculptors. Usually given only a limited amount of time, Gotfryd made a virtue of necessity and relied on natural light only, without a flash and with few props. As a result, his style is clear, simple, and direct. The portraits themselves are honest and revealing.
Bernard Gotfryds Geschichten erzählen, jede in sich abgeschlossen, von seiner Zeit als jugendlicher Kurier im polnischen Widerstand gegen die Nazibesetzung, von den Stationen seines Überlebens in verschiedenen Konzentrationslagern sowie von den schwierigen Jahren als displaced person bis hin zu den ersten, ebenso nicht gerade einfachen Jahren in der neuen amerikanischen Heimat.