vilnius

The author recounts his growing up in Vilnius, Lithuania and coming of age during World War I.

After struggling to survive in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, a young Jewish girl and her mother endure much suffering in Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Tauentzien concentration camps and on an eleven-day death march before being liberated by the Russian army.

The author tells the dramatic story of his parents' survival in the Vilna ghetto during World War II and their lives as partisan fighters.

After struggling to survive in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, a young Jewish girl and her mother endure much suffering in Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Tauentzien concentration camps and on an eleven-day death march before being liberated by the Russian army.

A collection of stories from Jewish people the author has known in her multifaceted life.