Don't be an executioner. Don't be a victim. And don't stand aside for anything, under any circumstances… This testament is carried through his whole life by the author of the book - once a boy from the Jewish community in Warsaw; then a prisoner of a concentration camp; a witness to the horrors of fascism; a liberated; a gifted young man timidly gaining recognition; a world-famous doctor, humanist and politician. His book is a poignant memory of the lost pre-war time, of the growing madness of the pre-war years, of the overtaking horror, of overcoming unthinkable misfortunes, of the struggle for life and dignity ... and, finally, of finding one's destiny and true love. The chosen one to survive considered it necessary to tell about those who could not survive - to tell and warn…