Fragments of a Forgotten People: A Memoir by Henry Fast

“This is the astonishing narrative of a Polish boy caught up in the war. It is inconceivable how anyone could survive such a history, and yet he was not threatened by guns or taken to a concentration camp.  The story is told with humor and grace.” ~ Henry Helson, Professor Emeritus, University of CA, Berkeley, CA “I could barely put it down!”  ~ Amy Berger, Speaker, Author, Humorist “A thread of optimism runs through the narrative, bringing a human quality of survival in adverse situations. Fragments provides a look through the eyes of a child at how war affects the displaced citizens of a country. Whether it was boots held together by pieces of wire or a meat tin to serve as a cooking container, the day-to-day triumphs of surviving in a world at war are brought to life through the experiences of a youth from Bochnia, Poland in the early 1940’s.”   ~ Beverly Morgan, Author A REVIEW BY RICHARD BLAKE: "The invasion of Poland marked the start of World War II in Europe as Poland's western