Having reached an advanced age and living in full retirement, Peter
Ellinger has written his Memoirs. His odyssey commences with his
birth in Vienna in 1933, the very year in which Adolf Hitler was
democratically voted into power in Germany.Part I of the tome
covers Peter's escape from Austria, his years as a refugee in Italy
and in France and his primary, secondary and tertiary education in
Israel. He describes the pull of the Austrian idols of his home and
of the Zionist outlook of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. He also
talks about his growing up and about his attaining religious
insights.Notably, when he arrived in Palestine, the country was
still governed by Britain under a mandate. He witnessed the
foundation of Israel and the struggle of the newly born country
during its early years. For a short period, he practiced law in Tel
Aviv. He discusses some of the cases handled by him and, turning to
the political scene, gives a detailed account of Nasser's rise to
power and the Suez Crisis. He also discusses his embarkation on
Bible Critique, which has remained one of his hobbies.Part II
covers Peter's years as a postgraduate student in Oxford, his move
into academia and his first spell in Singapore. It deals with
Singapore's development from a Crown colony into a sovereign
city-state and describes its initial incorporation into the
Federation of Malaysia. During this period, Peter wedded Patricia
Goh, a Chinese-educated girl. Their marriage lasted for 43 years,
until Patricia's death in Singapore of leukemia.Part III deals with
Peter's life as a mendicant professor and with his position as
teacher of law in Wellington (New Zealand), Monash (Melbourne) and
his return to Singapore. During a period spent in Hamburg, he
envisaged the fall of the Brandenburg Wall and the unification of
the DDR with Western Germany. On the personal side, it covers his
antiques collection hobby.Part IV covers Peter's second spell in
Singapore, including his employment by the National University of
Singapore and his experience in legal practice. Shortly after
Patricia's demise, he went into full retirement. His years as
retiree are discussed in the last part of the book. Having covered
the past, his eyes focus on the future.Peter realises that his
odyssey is not exclusive. Other of his contemporaries - with a
Holocaust background - experienced their own winding journey
through life. He resolved to recount his experience because in one
sense it was unique: he witnessed the foundation of two states: the
unification of the two German states and the collapse of the Soviet
Union. Further, unlike many, he existed in an environment alien to
him.The reader will assess whether these Memoirs are worth telling.
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