Jack Pechter was five years old and living with his parents and three sisters in eastern Poland when the Nazis invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Because of his father's foresight and his mother's support and courage, Jack and his sisters, led by their parents, began a five-year journey through eastern Europe and Russia to evade the Nazis. His father, Max, was one of the first of the Polish Jews to realize the murderous intent of the Nazis, saying...