Enrico Lamet was born in Vienna, and spent the first eight years of his life in a comfortable middle-class atmosphere with his Jewish mother and father in Austria.
At only 8 years of age, the Nazis invaded Vienna, changing the lives of all European Jews forever. The Lamet family fled to Italy, where they spent most of the next twelve years.
In his book, “A Gift from the Enemy
”, Enrico Lamet offers a unique perspective of World War II. Follow along as Enrico and his mother face struggles in fascist WWII Italy, attempting to forge friendships and make a new home.
Lamet recounts his mother’s struggles to adjust from sophisticated urban living to a primitive bleak setting. Despite the world crumbling around him, Eric still manages to live an adventurous life.
In a style as original as his story, the author vividly recalls a dark time yet imbues his recollections with humor, humanity, and wit. Lamet offers a rare and historically important portrait, one you will not soon forget.
While the story takes place in Fascist Italy during the Holocaust period, it is not a Holocaust book.
“A Gift from the Enemy” was published on October 13, 2013 and is available on Amazon:
A Gift from the Enemy (A True Story of Escape in War-time Italy)
