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The author came to United States, for the first time, in 1943. He
was then ten years old. A US Navy ship brought him to San Diego,
California, straight from a concentration camp. Unfortunately, the
United States government did not let him remain. So he went to
Mexico, where he lived in a refugee camp for five years. When the
camp was terminated, he was compelled to struggle. In order to
survive, he held many jobs. At fifteen he worked as a roofer, a
logger, and a sawmill helper, neglecting his formal education
because of lack of time and opportunity. He immigrated to USA in
1951. This time he was allowed to stay. Here, because of his Polish
origin, he suffered rejection, degradation, and discrimination.
Here for the first time in his life, he was called a Dumb Polak and
a White Nigger. Here he was subjected to the so-called offensive
Polish jokes. This plus discrimination, rejection and degradation
made his life a never-ending torment, a hell on earth This
autobiography was written in the form of a novel, and it is a
continuation of author's first book: "A Journey Into Exile"-the
first part of his life.
This is my memoir - a true story about victims of World War II and
their life in concentration camp, their fears and their dreams,
their relations with others, and their struggle on a journey to
make a home in exile. It is also a story of adventure, danger and
death. Above all, however, it is my story, a story of very
important part of my life - my youth. Those events took place a
long time ago. The people are real and so are their names. I have
told it with complete honesty as I saw it, observe it, and
experienced it. In order to make reading of this book more
interesting I wrote it in a form of a novel. Some of the words
within quotation marks are not necessarily of the speaker, for they
have been said a long time ago, and my recollection of them is not
always accurate. In other words, I'm giving in this book only the
general ideas of the speakers and not their exact words, except
when speaker is yours truly. Never the less, this book is a true
account of my life in exile and is should be regarded as such.
The author came to United States, for the first time, in 1943. He
was then ten years old. A US Navy ship brought him to San Diego,
California, straight from a concentration camp. Unfortunately, the
United States government did not let him remain. So he went to
Mexico, where he lived in a refugee camp for five years. When the
camp was terminated, he was compelled to struggle. In order to
survive, he held many jobs. At fifteen he worked as a roofer, a
logger, and a sawmill helper, neglecting his formal education
because of lack of time and opportunity. He immigrated to USA in
1951. This time he was allowed to stay. Here, because of his Polish
origin, he suffered rejection, degradation, and discrimination.
Here for the first time in his life, he was called a Dumb Polak and
a White Nigger. Here he was subjected to the so-called offensive
Polish jokes. This plus discrimination, rejection and degradation
made his life a never-ending torment, a hell on earth This
autobiography was written in the form of a novel, and it is a
continuation of author's first book: "A Journey Into Exile"-the
first part of his life.
This is my memoir - a true story about victims of World War II and
their life in concentration camp, their fears and their dreams,
their relations with others, and their struggle on a journey to
make a home in exile. It is also a story of adventure, danger and
death. Above all, however, it is my story, a story of very
important part of my life - my youth. Those events took place a
long time ago. The people are real and so are their names. I have
told it with complete honesty as I saw it, observe it, and
experienced it. In order to make reading of this book more
interesting I wrote it in a form of a novel. Some of the words
within quotation marks are not necessarily of the speaker, for they
have been said a long time ago, and my recollection of them is not
always accurate. In other words, I'm giving in this book only the
general ideas of the speakers and not their exact words, except
when speaker is yours truly. Never the less, this book is a true
account of my life in exile and is should be regarded as such.
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