In a photo taken in the former Czechoslovakia around 1934, the author at age 14 (center of back row, in snap-brim cap) is flanked by members of his family -- including his father (glasses and beard in the back) and mother (eyes closed, seated in front ), an older brother, aunts, uncles and cousins. Of the 16 members of his immediate and extended family pictured here, only he remained at war's end.
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