Leon Chameides, MD, Emeritus Director of Pediatric Cardiology at Connecticut Children's Medical Center and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, has researched his family's genealogy for almost 25 years. This book documents the results of his research. It starts in Galicia and Germany at the end of the 18th century and follows his family experiences through WW II, including his own memories of being hidden as a child in a Ukrainian monastery. The story shows the expanse of modern Jewish history by following the trials of one family. It...

Rabbi Kalman Chameides served the community of Katowice, Poland from 1928 to 1939. He also served as editor of the community newspaper and frequently wrote essays, probably based on his sermons. 118 issues (1932-1936) of the newspaper have been preserved. His son, Dr. Leon Chameides has translated the essays from their original Polish and German, grouped them by topic, annotated them, and wrote several introductory chapters to place them in context. The essays are especially pertinent to gaining an understanding how community leaders viewed the events that preceded and lead to the Shoah...