Theresa Winslow’s story about PRAGUE: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME has been picked up by Associated Press and is appearing in newspapers and online throughout the US. Here is a story on the CBS website:                             Man Writes Of Life In Nazi-Occupied Czechoslovakia

My young Czech friend, Judita Matyasova, is an outstanding writer, with a book about Kafka on her resume along with many feature articles in newspapers and magazines. During her research for a story, she came across a surprising — and untold — event from World War II: the rescue of 150 Czech children from the…

On Easter Sunday, The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland featured a story about Prague: My Long Journey Home. I appreciate writer Theresa Winslow’s carefully researched piece: Arnold man writes of life in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia By THERESA WINSLOW, Staff Writer   Capital Gazette Communications Published 04/08/12 When he was 9 years old, Charles Ota Heller found…

Morris County Daily Record, April 6, 2012 Former Morristown resident writes about surviving war in Europe Written by Matt Manochio Special to the Daily Record Charles Heller was 9 years old when he shot a Nazi in Czechoslovakia. The son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, Heller was in hiding at a family friend’s…

Last week, a man convicted of 28,000 counts of being an accessory to murder was accorded three-quarters of a page in the obituary section of a major national newspaper. When my great-grandfather — Gustav Neumann – died, no newspaper carried a story about this wonderful man. John Demjanjuk was a native Ukranian who spent many…

I am pleased by the fact that 30 reviews of my book have been posted on Amazon,com (28 of them with a five-star rating). The latest was written by Dr. William G. Durden, President of Dickinson College: PRAGUE: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME is a memoir that confronts a myriad of haunting human questions–loss, identity, longing,…

My friend Les Grinspoon sent me a link to an incredible story of a concentration camp survivor who became an American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. I have a new hero — Tibor Rubin. Please view this clip:  http://www.greatamericans.com/video/Portraits-of-Valor-Tibor-Rubin

My friend Ted Armour sent me this moving film clip, titled Porcelain Unicorn, by American director, Keegan Wilcox. It was the winner — out of 600 entries — of a global film-making contest, “Tell It Your Way.” Incredible story — told in a mere three minutes. Click here and have a tissue ready.

If you live in the vicinity, I would like to invite you to Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts on Wednesday, February 15. I will be telling the story of my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, followed by a reading and signing. The session is sponsored by the Annapolis chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association…

Writer’s Digest has announced that Prague: My Long Journey Home was chosen to receive the magazine’s Mark of Quality. Its announcement stated: “We felt your book captured all the elements we were looking for when evaluating all Abbott Press titles. You are in fact the first winner of this difficult-to-achieve award and your book will feature…