A Jew in Communist Prague #1: Loss of Innocence
By: NBM
ISBN: 9781561631803 (48p.) (1997) Format: Softcover
A Jew in Communist Prague #2: Adolescence
By: NBM
ISBN: 9781561631971 (48p.) (2001) Format: Softcover
Contains the first half of the book
Jonas Finkel starts a job as an apprentice in a brickyard at age thirteen. By 1955, three years later, he is apprenticed to a plumber who knows how to take it easy and work the system. The plumber, Slavek, becomes Jonas' friend. From plumbing, Jonas goes to work in a bookstore, where the owner, Mr. Pinkel, is sympathetic and remembers Jonas' father. Both Pinkel and Finkel are required by state security to give secret reports on each other, and they discuss the reports. Jonas' mother works hard in a factory, making barely enough to survive. Stalin has died, and Jonas' father can now get a letter every other month. In the bookstore, Jonas meets old friends who are still in school, and who read forbidden poetry. Jonas gets a crush on a girl named Tatiana.
A Jew in Communist Prague #3: Rebellion
By: NBM
ISBN: 9781561632091 (56p.) (2001) Format: Softcover