Author reflects on Romanian turmoil
George Joseph did not have an easy childhood. Like nearly all Jews in Transylvania, Romania during the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Josephs faced discrimination, violence and oppression. Beatings, fear and discrimination were all a part of his childhood and have shaped his life since then for good and ill. After managing to flee the country and becoming a successful doctor, he retired, leading him to consider what those forma…