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All four of my grandparents fled from the lands of their birth and the authoritarian tyranny that almost certainly would have claimed their lives had they remained. They fled to the United States of America, a nation that promised to be their refuge. Because they immigrated, my family and I have had the great fortune to live the promise that brought my grandparents to these shores. In one form or another, my family’s story is shared by almost everyone I now know or have ever met.
To our immigrant past, and, hopefully, its future, this book is dedicated.
Joe Rothstein