Misha Pilsudski is an orphaned Gypsy boy living in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Misha is not his real name; it was given to him by Uri, another orphan boy who is Jewish. Misha runs around with Uri and a group of boys like them until the ‘Jackboots’ come into town and march out all of the Jews. Misha discovers that Janina, a girl who he’s befriended, is Jewish and crosses the wall into the ghetto in order to see her. He decides to stay in the ghetto with her and is more or less adopted by her father. He then becomes Misha Milgrom. When there is talk of ‘relocation,’ Mr. Milgrom urges Misha to take Janina and get out of the ghetto. Janina refuses and is taken aboard a train to the relocation camp. Misha runs after the train, but never sees Janina again. After many years of wandering and odd jobs, Misha makes his way to America where he tells his story on the corners to anyone who will listen.
An incredible story that provides a different perspective of the Holocaust. Haunting.
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