Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Escape
    Escape
    Escape
    Ebook149 pages2 hours

    Escape

    By Herb Horowitz

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Fifty Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria have been living in Luxembourg for two years. They are working desperately to get to the US where they hope to create new lives for themselves and their families.
    It is now August, 1940. The Nazis have taken over most of Europe, including Luxembourg. Now the refugees have been given permission to leave. They will be traveling in a convoy across occupied France to the Spanish border from where they must find a way to get to Lisbon. There is a unique feature to the way they will be traveling: the Germans have assigned a sergeant to accompany them. He is to be their translator and, most importantly, he is to insure their safe passage to the Spanish border
    The author and his parent were three of the people in this group.The author's father was the officially appointed leader of the refugees. His job was to work cooperatively with the sergeant to make the trip go as smoothly as possible.This is a fictional account of those several days during which they encountered many dangerous situations in dealing with the Germans. Each of those was coupled with a significant possibility of being interned in a concentration camp.
    Saul (the fictionalized version of the father) and Sergeant Drucker develop an unusual connection as they come to know each other. As the relationship develops, Saul comes to know about the sergeant's secret romantic attachment with one of the young refugees, Liesel, and the uncertainties surrounding its future. Saul finds himself acting like an older brother to the sergeant in giving him support as he deals with these complexities.
    As they run into dangerous situations, Saul and the other refugees come to depend more and more on Sergeant Drucker's help. Some of the difficulties they encounter result from one or another of the refugees doing something that brings them to the attention of the Gestapo. Drucker's help is critical at these times. Still, those incidents create delays in the trip and fears develop that all of them will be made to deal with the Gestapo. With the rising fears that most dreaded possibility of ending up in a concentration camp looms over all of them.
    As they approach the Spanish border, they learn that General Franco doesn't allow German troops into his country. This is the reason Sergeant Drucker will have to separate from the group. This is hard for most of the people in the group who have formed a strong attachment to him. His separating from them also means the romantic relationship between Drucker and Liesel and the friendship he and Saul have formed must come to an end.
    The novella ends with the Sergeant staying behind in France as the refugees cross into Spain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHerb Horowitz
    Release dateJul 26, 2013
    ISBN9781301645091
    Escape

    Related to Escape

    Related ebooks

    Performing Arts For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Grief Is Another Word For Love

      Jun 21, 2021

      I am trapped in Australia. The borders are shut, which has worked well for keeping COVID-19 out, but it has also kept me in. Over the last fifteen months in sunny Perth, where I live, there have only been two cases of COVID-19 in the community. We ha

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Bridle

      Oct 10, 2021

      Saliva pooled on her tongue beneath the rusty depressor. She endured a constant urge to swallow, afraid of choking on her own fluids. The taste of metal and blood are so akin, it is easy to mistake one for the other. This early in the day, blood was

      11 min read

    • Article

      Our Sister Killjoy

      Nov 6, 2023

      Our Sister Killjoy
      4 min read

    • Article

      Letter to My Son

      Jul 4, 2015

      Letter to My Son
      30 min read

    • Article

      Helen

      Jun 5, 2023

      She was a friend of my family—the Carlins, as I have chosen to call them. She and my father met in the fifties through the editor of the architecture magazine where she began her career. My father had taken her out a few times. They were never lovers

      30 min read

    • Article

      Treading Water

      Nov 8, 2022

      Treading Water
      7 min read

    • Article

      On Our Hands

      Feb 10, 2024

      Ten months, two weeks, and one day ago, on a clear cold day in late October, I set my plastic cup of cocoa down carefully on the Formica tabletop by the window of the ReddiStop, lowered myself to the bench, pulled off my windbreaker, and stuck my can

      19 min read

    • Article

      The Orphan’s Dilemma

      Aug 10, 2021

      In a few minutes they’re going to say, “It’s your turn, Harold.” He will face Ms. Wickham with her thick black frames and smiling, slightly bugeyed look, the question more in her eyes than on her lips because he already knows what that question is. H

      11 min read

    • Article

      The Left Abandoned Me

      Oct 12, 2023

      The Left Abandoned Me
      6 min read

    • Article

      Our Library

      Jan 27, 2020

      Grandstanders often talk as if their views are utterly obvious. Anyone competent at making moral judgements would surely come to the same conclusions. This sort of talk can be used to signal that one’s moral sensibilities are more finely tuned than t

      2 min read

    • Article

      SHORT STORY by MARGARET ATWOOD

      Mar 22, 2023

      SHORT STORY by MARGARET ATWOOD
      7 min read

    • Article

      Parts of Us Not Made at Home

      Aug 6, 2019

      Parts of Us Not Made at Home
      12 min read

    • Article

      The Living Days

      Nov 4, 2019

      The Living Days
      9 min read

    • Article

      Peter Mountford

      Dec 15, 2017

      Vivian spends most of the afternoon naked and strapped to the giant ottoman in the interior decorator’s office in Bethesda. When he finally unties her, the sun is low and she’s shaky and exhausted. He paddled her hard at some point, and that hot stin

      28 min read

    • Article

      Notes From The Struggle

      Nov 10, 2022

      “That’s the thing,” my friend Tomas said. “They always get it wrong. Every time, they get it wrong. They always get the wrong people. Once we get out of this,” he spread his arms and shook his head, as if to say—This colossal fuck-fest of a mess we’v

      15 min read

    • Article

      My Queer Southern Lit

      Nov 28, 2018

      My Queer Southern Lit
      6 min read

    • Article

      On Our Hands

      Apr 10, 2021

      Ten months, two weeks, and one day ago, on a clear cold day in late October, I set my plastic cup of cocoa down carefully on the Formica tabletop by the window of the ReddiStop, lowered myself to the bench, pulled off my windbreaker, and stuck my can

      19 min read

    • Article

      The Free Will of Professor Sturmhauser

      Jul 10, 2023

      Professor Sturmhauser stands in front of his students, looking focused and casually in command—it’s a good disguise. Now he’s pacing back and forth, tossing a pen in the air and saying this: “If you take the measure of your will, what do you think yo

      18 min read

    • Article

      The Trials of Jared K.

      Apr 22, 2020

      The Trials of Jared K.
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Escape

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Escape - Herb Horowitz

      cbook_preview_excerpt.htmlZےFvvDh/~I8%cɯ4 zgBh/6 u9<^%~|ݼ|8o͗.S㚇ӹk4;_fƧyS<左x 4G\s s9!7C]cjqMS?ϣh86W/LqiZ$S<~%6q9z6{ޜ⊱Cx.Ϋic&k:kaK&;X{;b3]\|CׇpGWY1a6-eM_š.^⨵5hxkM'g-S4=̕u9t[  NKxׇ|fԚk8?`2|3zN3qO8(-xp๱ⴔxپݏ5?e1?2>yw?yo~wÌ2Og}m 5i$ȉPfeX"n?mJ0@`uԲ=f:ˉYh ?E6OoSAZ&.A"PiLSޙS\{!_W$|5d9e4\7)̾9akޣkPO܋`-^I !,b5:^gu&Lx̖,;e6<8FÃ}HʔH,8طgeđs.c(mX醨D.r5*("a$M콬AaUw4jw\rr\pPq)KF?QI_7tAv%@TKZBtƓȥkFxM^S!DBwpD${ 4vG=WxoiiDyn{W3k;,5jy),lV^q8,h%Cq;\Ǻ3QH}@'c{=2ğ7- a바"0,(LĤlbsl(m:MOq lSe=$[tZ;P/[vS 6}0%:BAtǑx{懹=[X-+#8<ъ(9Up7)&$a'{mllߛ=B(gdqW.]"|1q0-`n+ɣ$伣),V,.&o.45 4)΄m#^6+>@@ U)T_oH٧nMImҦs~qm+/%'6bCn)CP-%msaDT0IMwPT5T,3W 2qDF"ᥑ R<h5xЀ+P:&,mc3"ʩ4W@F> {365ٚBqxΕ:iQ,> 5Z>Pb}0UdVIEɦ 3A6a}% j%dRsDWԦ^| RSj!03Dҽ Ew9`i+Z{ӓg-nO\D3 e5C.ɨb`7DҙڑkB+ˮLcϴmRi~;Ǵ v(rt-ť,a۫,߯'RrtVp6S43aҔRX_'BV!Nq;$r9v́`Ҫ`gd >0]l,vܦv8X䦠BO` LlCT/"4u~dc9*])+ Jh>QbUJ>vVokjLCiCz8R} 淈!Քxe.-*J2:XI]چJ,yW|UbfPk0[*[ҔTJls͹T B<{u)#i1dCW`/6Ȇۗo 8eMBVlT+ imЩMbe{IgPx`M3.GS*t_aSR&:\ȔYt L'U&ި_xJp>A[J:!$( ,ߪf <. &r$Pb ^ԙ(&yz/X'kTrΠ~,y_oi0ޅD4Q"]b¢[}Yc"G3RXcIzp nj UNawVAڇ+tq`W쯑yNp[TKI7ȵ3l$BnPa yKe @u5ۑEM%XJw0g8PNOP[U,e,&_n /~}e{M)جT-c?$AQ6l-hlT>{ :d~Jc-ٮ|=X4y1 |i:Sƽ}І)UJ˛<+cMv44 z %`~p1qS<`yfpFmȆF¶DtqaHa^@S[mfKTN".ٳ__d t71qu};j+ZGf5bм ՚z>`|-y3;ޕ땅8>8AxFB[ tMn`i%hA&_ xZTi_Uѱ+)C;G_ v(>0ރ{{uAsm$_AwFE:Й_YFu'OD ,U9XtQ)-\ @󶡴EnExg}ǡېa8+;8[EZg5:L;w<@;Oo{BqI EVrfƩ7P`foMە1 ܜ'$ސVQ%r0 6TfQRdɏkdwo ]"x r,;vRH$R0ū=/QCF*jgjR7<ս _&(hy#;r.,k6uXKWwj 'RW~c\_7_}ÿmN^h ҅M`Q7$s#3 Rg? Ϛ!v|:B puPX[Z&o[W˗!lvt].&|^ধFZstouZa"7W}1G]A/̎z {{R^GVJcczزt.`:B7k feotqi޺B5[~X"jIQP خkLpߢ]VJ˧ T06{U.SMfUwMDZҕ 'pr>Jb 6wj]sċ@5[@6|ҳ`W]=ʜEuj>G19|xZ QX?YuCQuI@K5ry LgԻ}j~O䪷UemgA1Tnw;*b_|Y-:%Ҍ3;oy7mͻ¼2.H+}6Q8jf"OlK'~)f>;7GA1!-dztӖeXYf [Pf+U`{u$X%Hm?65R$(y|=M֑_ U-q A\Zm5_eW 3 %\R?zFv `AՖս9]Z =민Lҫ{i :hhiGa a͛VvF WGǔbw ϠfSl,fpE_`Qm$l⸛SPӮi_Y/
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1