Lucien's Story: A Memoir - Tapa dura

It may have been coincidental that on a walk in the 14th arrondissement would lead Lucien Duckstein to recall his Paris childhood and his removal at age eleven to Drancy and later to Bergen-Belsen. This powerful memoir rings with truth, and Lucien's technique of recounting the events of the past, while acknowledging their effect upon the present and future, makes this account a testament to the personal and psychological costs of the Holocaust.

This slight yet powerful memoir retells Lucien Duckstein's childhood in Paris and his removal at the age of eleven to Drancy, and later to Bergen-Belsen, where he remained for nearly two years. This account is a unique testament to the personal and psychological costs of the Holocaust.