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Stephen Uzzell

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Several years ago, while researching World War II in his capacity as a UK secondary school teacher, Stephen Uzzell stumbled upon the name Haim Michael Klar, a Jewish man who impersonated a Nazi officer in order to help those trapped in the ghettos and concentration camps. The survivors’ subsequent recollections to the Association of Descendants of The Shoah, based in Illinois, USA, are all that remain of Haim Michael’s extraordinary legacy.

Stephen was so enthralled by what he’d read that he first set out to write Haim Michael’s biography. Unfortunately a lack of corroborating sources slowed progress, and the project was shelved. But Haim Michael’s story could not be so easily forgotten. The novel ‘I Am Juden’ was conceived in 2014, with the
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Stephen Uzzell Thankyou for your questions. Yes, an enormous amount of research was needed to write this book. It was fascinating, but very harrowing. One of the bes…moreThankyou for your questions. Yes, an enormous amount of research was needed to write this book. It was fascinating, but very harrowing. One of the best books I read about the Jewish Resistance in Krakow is Justyna's Narrative, the memoirs of Gusta Dawison Draenger. She wrote her book in prison, on scraps of toilet paper, while awaiting execution after being captured. Unfortunately Gusta didn't make it out alive, but amazingly her story did.

Sorry to disappoint you but I don't believe in writer's block ! There were lots of difficulties along the way in writing such a painful and sensitive story, but I never came close to giving up. I knew this was a story that had to be told.

The 'gaps in the story' came from researching other men like Oswald Rufeisen who also led a double life. My main character is a composite of many real life heroes.

As to a physcial book one day, I do hope so. At the moment I am self-publshed but I would love to have the support of a publishing company in the future.(less)
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