In Search of Yesterday

About the Book

IN SEARCH OF YESTERDAY Death of a Culture This is the true story of a little boy searching for his identity for his biological father. It is the story of a boy born into a world of turmoil and havoc—a world where not all was well, where war, starvation and bombs, confusion, lies, and deceit—were the rule; and food, safety, and happiness—were the exception. It is the story of a little boy’s fears and anxieties in a country far, far away where life was an uncertainty and death a looming promise—where the world was upside down. It is the true story of a little boy that found himself trapped in a country at war with itself, where human life was at the mercy of the Nazis during the Jewish holocaust (before 1945) in Czechoslovakia—and at the mercy of the Czech Bolsheviks (after 1945) during the Sudetenland holocaust that drove untold millions of women and children across Europe’s wasteland like cattle. But it is also the true story of a little boy that, with the help of his family, and the generosity of the American people, rose above the devastation suffered and inflicted upon him as a child and became a man loved and respected by others. It is not a story of failure! It is, really, when you think about it, a story of success and triumph!

About the Author

“Rudolf Becher” was the birth name of the author. The son of a Jew, he was in hiding during the war years 1938–1945.