Helen Waldstein read these letters as an adult – this changed everything. As her past refused to keep silent, Helen followed the trail of the letters back to Europe, where she discovered living witnesses who could attest to the letters’ contents. She has here interwoven their stories and her own into a compelling narrative of suffering, survivor guilt, and overcoming intergenerational obstacles when exploring a traumatic past.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Map
Family Tree
Opening the Box
Leaving Home
Letters to Antwerp
Starting Over
Letters to Canada
Searching In Europe: 1997–1998
My Aunts and Uncles
My Grandparents
War Breaks Out
The Family Copes
The Letters Stop
Imagining
After the War
Finding Home
Searching for Family Again
Searching for Family One Last Time
Epilogue
Endnotes
Selected Bibliography
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