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