Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield.
Calvin guided Max safely t.
After a month of training, he received Calvin, a devoted chocolate Labrador retriever.
But when he retired, he needed help.
Beaten into blindness by two bored guards, Max survived, buried the past, and moved on.
After witnessing a German Shepherd kill a fellow prisoner, he developed a lifelong fear of dogs.
Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield