4This is the diary and writings of Leopold (Leo) Berman(n), a teenage boy living through the last days of World War II and the early post-war years in Italy.

The Bermanns met many other refugees along their journey, among them Jews from all over Europe, who had survived and found their way to the DP camp in Rome. Stories were exchanged of the terrible ordeals that people had undergone during the course of the war. Leo kept a diary, a day by day account of some of these stories as well as other daily occurrences that were significant to him. He also took this opportunity, at age 14, to write Story of a Jewish Boy, an account of his experiences of the previous one and a half years.