Transylvanian Rhapsody

About the Book

This collection of short stories contain memories from the life of the author as a child during the Holocaust years in Romania. A group of other short stories relates to his life as a medical student and young physician. The historical background of these is the nightmarish years of the Orwellian, corrupt, dictatorship of the communist regime in Romania. Another story tells the life of a German woman who chooses to share her fate and life with the Jewish family she comes to work for before and during the Holocaust. Friendship, loyalty, decency, and love make hope triumph.

About the Author

George Joseph, MD, a survivor of the Holocaust in Romania, practiced medicine in Romania ,Israel, and South Africa. He was in private practice in Washington, DC, and after he retired from private practice, he worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical School. He is a published author, polyglot, gourmet cook, and traveler. He is married, has three married children and five grandchildren.