Journey Under a False Identity

Jaffa, winter of 1914:

Half a year after the outbreak of World War I, the Ottoman Empire forced all foreign subjects living within its territories to accept Ottoman citizenship. But not everyone wanted to become a Turkish citizen — especially since that meant being drafted into the Turkish army. As a result, the authorities decided to deport all foreign subjects from the Empire’s lands.

An Italian ship anchors off the shores of Jaffa, and the soldiers receive orders to bring the Jews with foreign citizenship aboard as quickly as possible. Elisha is not at home when the soldiers arrive to deport his widowed mother. Instead, he is brought aboard a different ship…

When will Elisha and his mother be reunited?

How is Elisha saved from the fury of the captain, 

who threatens to throw him into the sea?

Why — and how — does Elisha end up in the German army?

And by what amazing turn of events does he make his way

from there to a hospital in Egypt?

Read all this and more in the suspenseful, dramatic story in your hands,  beautifully illustrated by master artist David Goldschmid.

Enjoy reading!

By Mali Kanner