IR VERDICT:
HOW LANGUAGES SAVED ME by Tadeusz Haska and Stefanie Naumann is the story of a young man who survived orphanhood, Nazis, and Communists through cleverness and linguistic ability. Told with wry humor and grandfatherly warmth, Mr. Haska’s tale pays tribute not only to his own courage, quick wit, and will, but to the courage and compassion of others who helped and sustained him. Worth reading both for the historian seeking a primary source and the lay reader who just wants a first-person view of what it was like to live through momentous historical events it is an invaluable piece of history.