Europa, Europa

The Inspiration Behind The Golden Globe --Winning Film "An engrossing and memorable tale."Jewish Book World "The sheer emotion of telling the tale is palpable. The whole is moving, and strange beyond belief." --The Times (London) International acclaim for Solomon Perel's Europa Europa "The wrenching memoir of a young man who survived the Holocaust by concealing his Jewish identity and finding unexpected refuge as a member of the Hitler Youth. "It is a Holocaust memoir that is moving, straightforward, and quite completely bizarre, unsettling in all kinds of assumptions about identity, responsibility, and guilt." --Glasgow Herald "Perel bares his soul to readers in this fascinating, unusual personal narrative of the Holocaust." --Book Report "Many of the experiences of Holocaust survivors are incredible. None is more incredible than the story of a Jewish boy, Solomon Perel, who escaped from Germany to Russia, served with the Wehrmacht in Russia, was adopted by his commanding officer, and transferred to an elite Hitler Youth school." --London Jewish News "A most remarkable story . . . extraordinary." --The Australian "This book will move human hearts." --Berliner Morgenpost

Solomon Perel is a businessman in Tel Aviv, Israel.