Escape from the Edge - Schnitzer, Morris
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Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of young Morris Schnitzer during World War II. Fleeing from Nazi Germany, his father's warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight and survive. As he assumes three different false identities and crosses countless borders in search of safety, Morris poses as a farmhand, joins the resistance in Belgium and enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost.

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Produktbeschreibung
Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of young Morris Schnitzer during World War II. Fleeing from Nazi Germany, his father's warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight and survive. As he assumes three different false identities and crosses countless borders in search of safety, Morris poses as a farmhand, joins the resistance in Belgium and enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost.
Autorenporträt
Morris Schnitzer was born in Germany in 1922. In 1947, he immigrated to Montreal, where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees in science at McGill University, going on to earn his PhD in 1955. Morris worked at Agriculture Canada in Ottawa as a principal researcher in the chemistry of organic soil, and later won the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1995. He has written more than 300 scientific papers over the course of his distinguished career. Morris Schnitzer lives in Ottawa.