1944-1989

Reveals the secret exchange between Romania and Israel in which Israel paid the Romanian government to let the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust to immigrate to Israel.

The author discusses what it was like to grow up in postwar Bucharest, describing the unique characteristics of her family members and their efforts to protect her from the dangers of living in Communist Romania.

Examines historical and recent events which have kept Romania in the news, with an emphasis on the dictatorship of Ceausescu.