Lost and Found

About the Book

An aristocratic Hungarian colonel, whose family has been broken and scattered by the Holocaust and WWII, seeks to survive and reunite his family. In an adopted role as a Hassidic Jew, he recovers treasures from hidden Nazi loot and schleps money from wealthy Jews around the world to Swiss accounts. His sons survive behind the Iron Curtain and migrate to the West. One son, Robin, studies at a New York cancer institute where his and his mentor's research on a cancer vaccine becomes contentious. He moves to the South and becomes a prominent oncologist. He shows us the intrigues of basic research and of academia where jealousy and avarice can be motives. Each in their own worlds. Each fights for survival and identity.

About the Author

Dr. Louis Fink is a pathologist with extensive experience in both basic science and in clinical practice. He has been a professor of pathology at several major academic medical intuitions. He has authored many technical scientific articles and books. His major areas of expertise include cancer biology, coagulation, and hemostasis. Dr Fink uses his medical knowledge and experiences in universities to tell the story of a Hungarian family torn apart by World War II and the Holocaust as they survive in the decades after the war. In this setting, he reveals some of the often untold stories of the trials and tribulations of medical research, the modus operandi of academic promotions, the solicitation of donations from patients, and the distribution of institutional funds.