A Child Without a Shadow

A Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor and a World Famous Doctor

By: Prof. Shaul Harel, Dalia Harel, Ela Moscovitch-Weiss

Narrated by: Bill Lewis

The moving story of Professor Shaul Harel’s life from darkness to light, from Holocaust survivor to world expert in pediatric neurology and child development.

This is the story of Prof. Shaul Harel, formerly Charlie Hilsberg, who lost his shadow in 1942 at only five years old, when he was separated from his family and surroundings and saved from the furnaces of Auschwitz by the Belgian resistance.

This book reveals his story, from his time as a “hidden child” in France and Belgium during the Holocaust, through his experiences in orphanages, his immigration to Israel, the serious injury he sustained in his military service, the choice to study medicine, and lastly the mark he has made in the field of pediatric neurology and child development in Israel and in the world.

A story of overcoming impossible trauma and reaching professional and personal success against all odds. The book channels a universal message of survival, optimism, and hope.

©2021 Prof. Shaul Harel (P)2022 Prof. Shaul Harel

Professor Shaul Harel’s Resilience

The most honest and humble memoir, chocked full of historical truths. He is a survivor, and hero not only in Israel but the world; particularly in the field of pediatric neurology but most notably as a child Holocaust survivor and devoted husband/family man!

A Child Without a Shadow

Blunt way it was written not sugar coated. It flowed well back and forth from past to present!

Very interesting and heartfelt.

I love the book and the story. The narrator was not quite as enthusiastic as I thought should be. Unfortunately, he continued to pronounce the words, "couldn't" " didn't" and so on..incorrectly every time. I don't hold that against him, but it just every time I heard it, I wondered why someone didn't correct him and help him correct the pronunciation better and correctly. The book was worth the money, and I am glad to have it in my collection.

Didn’t like it.

Charlie did everything extraordinarily well. No one is that perfect. I did not care for it & stopped listening 1/2 way through.

A riveting, historical read!

Disturbingly factual, and gave life to the history of repression of the Jews. This was a true history of a great man!