The Wind Carries Me / Le Vent me porte

After an eight-year-old Jewish boy is separated from his parents during the Holocaust, he yearns for the day they will be reunited while striving to hold on to his mischievous spirit. / Séparé de ses parents durant l’Holocauste, un garçon juif de 8 ans rêve du jour où sa famille sera à nouveau réunie et, en attendant, fait preuve d’un courage inouï.

A bilingual memoir by a Holocaust survivor from Hungary about his survival during the war and the adventurous life he leads in its aftermath.

As a young boy in Budapest, Hungary, Andrew Fuchs spends his days playing with his friends, getting into mischief and enjoying time with his parents and older sister. But at eight years old, Andrew sees his carefree childhood vanish when Germany occupies Hungary. After his parents are taken away for forced labor, Andrew is passed between children’s homes before waiting out the Siege of Budapest in a building protected by the Red Cross. With the war’s end comes the devastating news that he is an orphan, yet he strives to hold on to his mischievous spirit as he rebuilds his life.