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George Pogany, a Holocaust survivor, returned to Hungary after the War and studied and worked under communism. After the uprising of 1956 he escaped to the West with his wife and four-year-old son and made his way to England. They had to overcome many difficulties in this foreign country yet managed to integrate into local society. George, an industrial chemist, worked for Shell for almost thirty years and describes life at that giant company from personal experience. In 1969 his job was transferred to Holland, and he found enormous differences in the language, food, and customs, as well as...

Some of the darkest episodes of 20th-century European history come to life in this memoir. The author portrays his childhood in Hungary in the 1930s and the spread of anti-Semitism. He discribes life in his town's Jewish ghetto, his family's journey in a sealed cattle-wagon to Vienna, and their time in a forced labour camp.