The tranquility of Enzo Tayar's Florence boyhood was replaced by fear and uncertaintly as italy insitutedincreasingly severe anti-ewish measures and the Germans invaded their former ally. Drawing on the diary he kept for the pivotal year 2943, Tayar recounts the impact of these events on his friends and family. For their safetly, he fled Florence, taking refuge on a succession of farms throughout Tuscany, and was not reunited with them until after the Allied conquest of Italy. After liberation, he served as a U.S. army interpreter, taking part in the interrogations of fascists as a prelude to post-war prosecutions.