"Stefan Carter grows up in Warsaw, Poland, between two very different worlds. Born into a Jewish family, he and his parents live in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and yet they exist on its margins, steeped in Polish language, literature and above all, music. They are among the minority of assimilated Jews in Warsaw. But in September 1939 with the onset of World War II, Nazi Germany occupies Poland and Stefan and his family suffer the same fate as the rest of the Jewish community--soon forced into the Warsaw ghetto and at constant risk of violence and deportation to the Treblinka death camp. With a certificate of employment, Stefan is able to avoid the height of the deportations in the summer of 1942, but his mother is sent to her death. In the fall of 1942, Stefan escapes the ghetto through the help of his relatives; his father stays behind and Stefan never finds out exactly how his father died. From then until the fall of 1944, Stefan is in hiding with false identity documents, his time marked by danger of exposure as a Jew. Stefan is helped through the courage and kindness of righteous gentiles who shelter him. After the Warsaw Uprising in the city in the fall of 1944, Stefan, along with most of the population of Warsaw, is forced out of the city to the nearby Pruszkow transit camp. Luckily, Stefan manages to not be deported any further. After the war, Stefan slowly recovers and focuses on his education. He reunites with an aunt, uncle and cousin and lives in Krakow, Poland, and Munich, Germany, where he begins university. In September 1948, Stefan finally has an opportunity to leave Europe, and he immigrates to Canada, settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There, he earns a place in the faculty of medicine at the University of Manitoba and after graduation, begins a long and illustrious career as a vascular specialist. Over the years, Stefan faces his past and his identity as a Holocaust survivor, visiting Poland and retracing his steps, and reconnecting with survivors while also memorializing friends and family who were murdered. Engaged in Holocaust education in Winnipeg for decades and passionate about classical music, this updated edition of Stefan's memoir is his Symphony of Remembrance."-- Provided by publisher.