Charlie Hilsberg. Charles van Bergen. CDJ-0423. Shaul Hilsberg. Shaul Harel.
Brussels, 1942. As deportation trains depart for Auschwitz, five-year-old Charlie Hilsberg is placed in the hands of the Belgian resistance. With Charlie's family gone, his home lost, he is hidden in the homes of strangers and given a new name – Charles van Bergen. A new future beckons, but as it does, Charlie's past begins to disappear.
A Child Without a Shadow is the deeply moving story of one boy's extraordinary journey to overcome trauma, explore his hidden past, and reclaim his identity. Spanning a remarkable life, we go from the darkness of the Holocaust to the peaks of paediatric neurology, from childhood migration to battlefields on Israel's fledgling borders. This is the story of how Charlie Hilsberg – a child without a shadow – survived against all the odds, before going on to save countless lives as Prof. Shaul Harel, world-renowned expert in paediatric neurology and child development.