The First Volunteer - Paul Lowinger pride and the best and worst

and the best and worst of the human spirit

The Nazis took my parents I was scared

won the Voss Literary Prize

and a day of rest

Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his government and secretly issues visas to fleeing Jewish refugees

The First Volunteer - Paul Lowinger pride and the best and worstPROLOGUE THANK YOU for picking up this book and reading my story. Perhaps it is not a story at all, but rather a collection of memories of FOUR unforgettable months spent in Israel during my youth. There are many people to whom I am indebted and whom I owe many thanks. There are my Parents, of blessed memory, both on my side of the family and that of my dear wife Kitty, without whose tenacity and inspiration the events in the following pages would