Joseph Gavi

What would you do if you were a ten-year-old boy and your city was invaded by a brutal army, your family and friends marched off to work each day – mysteriously, never returning?

This is the shocking but true story of Joseph Gavi, a small Jewish boy growing up in Minsk, Belorussia, during the German invasion of WWII. Relive unspeakable horrors surrounding Joseph’s struggle to simply survive – then to overcome – his brutal oppressors through covert action with the Freedom Fighters. Follow as he rescues more than 200 of his people from the imprisoning ghetto while constantly evading death by execution.

Read in Joseph’s own words the spellbinding detail of each harrowing escape, at times only inches from the promise of a torturous death. Experience the war-time betrayal of “loyal” friends and comrades as his post-war success in his homeland is thwarted by an old enemy, anti-Semitism.  Follow this national hero, mountain climbing instructor and scientist as he resolves to pierce the Iron Curtain and flee to America toward an illusive dream of success.