My Early Years
A hidden childhood in wartime Amsterdam, and one full life that followed.
The Book
The story of a hidden childhood in Amsterdam, written in Joseph's own words.
See the bookAbout Joseph
From a wartime childhood in the Netherlands to a life across three continents.
Meet JosephHobbies
Photography and amateur radio, the pursuits that keep Joseph curious about the world.
Take a lookborn in Amsterdam
years in hiding as a child
the couple who kept him safe
memoir, out now
Threads that run through the story
Courage
The quiet bravery of ordinary people who chose to protect a hidden child.
Memory
A childhood held onto and written down, so that it is never lost.
Family
Bonds that outlast a war and reach across countries and lifetimes.
Home
From Amsterdam to New York to Israel, the long search for where to belong.
My Early Years
The memoir of a hidden childhood in wartime Amsterdam, told in Joseph's own words. Available now on Amazon.
“Proof to anyone who says it did not happen”
Joseph kept the yellow star he was made to wear as a five year old child, and has carried it through his whole life. Read his story, in his own words.
Read his storyThe things he kept
A life spent seeing the world
Joseph has travelled widely over the years, from Alaskan glaciers to Caribbean beaches and the alpine roads of Austria, and he wrote about many of these journeys himself. Here are a few of the places he has been.
A story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things, and of a child who never forgot them.
