Invisible Ink is the story of Guy Stern's remarkable life. This is
not a Holocaust memoir; however, Stern makes it clear that the
horrors of the Holocaust and his remarkable escape from Nazi
Germany created the central driving force for the rest of his life.
Stern gives much credit to his father's profound cautionary words,
"You have to be like invisible ink. You will leave traces of your
existence when, in better times, we can emerge again and show
ourselves as the individuals we are." Stern carried these words and
their psychological impact for much of his life, shaping himself
around them, until his emergence as someone who would be visible to
thousands over the years. This book is divided into thirteen
chapters, each marking a pivotal moment in Stern's life. His story
begins with Stern's parents-"the two met, or else this chronicle
would not have seen the light of day (nor me, for that matter)."
Then, in 1933, the Nazis come to power, ushering in a fiery and
destructive timeline that Stern recollects by exact dates and calls
"the end of [his] childhood and adolescence." Through a series of
fortunate occurrences, Stern immigrated to the United States at the
tender age of fifteen. While attending St. Louis University, Stern
was drafted into the U.S. Army and soon found himself selected,
along with other German-speaking immigrants, for a special military
intelligence unit that would come to be known as the Ritchie Boys
(named so because their training took place at Ft. Ritchie, MD).
Their primary job was to interrogate Nazi prisoners, often on the
front lines. Although his family did not survive the war (the
details of which the reader is spared), Stern did. He has gone on
to have a long and illustrious career as a scholar, author, husband
and father, mentor, decorated veteran, and friend. Invisible Ink is
a story that will have a lasting impact. If one can name a singular
characteristic that gives Stern strength time after time, it is his
resolute determination to persevere. To that end Stern's memoir
provides hope, strength, and graciousness in times of uncertainty.
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