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About Manfred Lewin
English Translation Cover reads...Do you remember, when
To understand why Manfred Lewin, a young Jew in Nazi Berlin, wrote this book in 1941 for his friend
Gad Beck to understand why Gad, 19 and Jewish, risked his life attempting to save Manfred from deportation-reed these words from the play that brought them together, German writer Friedrich von Schiller's Don Carlos: (quote) No matter what you plan on doing, will you promise to undertake no act without your friend? Will you make me this promise? (end quote) Friendship, valor, and the fight for freedom were the ideals of this eighteenth century German drama. In 1941, Gad and Manfred played the starring roles in their Jewish youth group's reading of the play.