As a child whose family fled Nazi Germany to occupied Belgium and later entrusted her care to a Catholic woman, the author was too young to understand her parents' motives. As Muchman (now a teacher in Illinois) shares in this healing memoir, not until adulthood did she finally learn the true nature of this perceived abandonment--from documents inherited from the American uncle who adopted her after her parents were killed. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The narrative centers on Muchman's harrowing journey from Berlin to the U.S. as a child fleeing the Holocaust. After losing her parents during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, she was raised under the belief they had abandoned her. A discovery of letters and photographs in her uncle's home in 1990 revealed the truth of her parents' love and sacrifice. This deeply personal account sheds light on the broader horrors of the Holocaust, enriched with poignant family photographs and historical documents that enhance its emotional impact.