Contents

Introduction

Invisible Ink

Chapter One

A Nearly Idyllic Beginning

Chapter Two

The Nazis Come to Power

Chapter Three

Coming to America

Chapter Four

A Ritchie Boy in World War II: Preparing for War

Chapter Five

Going to War

Chapter Six

Postwar: My Life as a Student and Beyond

Chapter Seven

Teaching

Gallery of Images

Chapter Eight

Research and Scholarship

Chapter Nine

Susanna

Chapter Ten

Working Past Ninety: A Salute to the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus

Chapter Eleven

Thoughts after Visiting France, 2016

Chapter Twelve

In Pursuit of the Past

Chapter Thirteen

A Broken Promise

Epilogue

In Pursuit of the Future

Acknowledgments