H.G. Adler was born in Prague in 1910 and studied musicology, literature, sociology and philosophy at Charles University. He was interned in various concentration camps from 1941-45, devoted himself to raising orphans in Prague after liberation in 1945 and emigrated to London in 1947, where he died in 1988. His published works include novels, such as The Journey and Panorama and scholarly works including Der verwaltete Mensch and Theresienstadt 1941-1945. Among others, Adler was awarded the Leo Baeck Prize (1958) and the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal (1974).