A Child Without a Shadow: A Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor and a World Famous Doctor

"Shaul Harel has boldly put his own story out there, in all its rawness, and revealed the brutal truths of his childhood... It is a beautiful and brave account of horrors we can only imagine at the worst of times, interwoven with details about the heroes who risked everything to intervene... This is a book everyone should read, if for no other reason than to see both the best and the worst of humanity in one text. But it is also a testament to the resilience of people and how they can overcome any challenges and trials to change the world themselves. Rarely have I been so impressed by an individual as I am by Shaul Harel and his story." - Rebecca Connolly, author of Agents of the Convent The ANU Museum of the Jewish People and the National Library Website This is the story of Prof. Shaul Harel, formerly Charlie Hilsberg, who lost his shadow in 1942 at only five years old, when he was se