I was born in the eve of World War II and lived through the Holocaust in Romania and under the communist regime's continuous terror that followed. The door to freedom opened in December 1958 when my parents and I were allowed to immigrate to Israel. I am a professional pianist who continued my musical career in Israel and later in The United States. My father's premature death triggered me to write, because he was such a marvelous story-teller and I wanted to preserve his memories. Many of my stories tell about life in Romania during WWII and under the communist regime. Other stories deal with...