Helen’s father was spared from the Holocaust thanks to one heroic man
Helen Geedrick, 69, Brisbane, Qld
Sitting by the side of my dad, Peter, then in his 40s, I listened intently as he reminisced about his childhood in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
He often told me and my two younger brothers, Neil and Brian, about the magnificence of the medieval Charles Bridge, or the beauty of Prague Castle, the largest ancient castle in the world.
What he rarely spoke about was the last time he saw his mother, Wilma. It was 1939 and Dad was 12 years old. But one
