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Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN

MY HOMETOWN

MY ONLY DOLL

MY FIRST DANCING CLASS

COLD AND ICY DAY

MY ONLY BROTHER

THE STORM THAT STRUCK EUROPE

HUNGARIAN INVASION

THE TENANT ACCUSED ME

MY DEAR DADDY

MISS, DID A STAR FALL ON YOU?

THE KNIFE WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL HANDLE

WHY I DID NOT SAY, “MOMMY, PLEASE COME WITH ME?”

HOW DID MY MOTHER DIE?

SYMPHONY MUSIC IN BIRKENAU

SHOWER IN BIRKENAU

THE FIRST FOOD IN SEVEN DAYS

IN BIRKENAU, MIRI SAVED MY LIFE

ROLL CALL IN BIRKENAU

WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME

A SLICE OF BREAD AND A DROP OF WATER

JEWS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA

DAILY SELECTION ON ROLL CALL

WE WERE NAKED

MISERY CHANGES HUMAN BEHAVIOR: SOME DETAINEES’ LIVES IMPROVE

A GERMAN MEISTER BROUGHT ME SALT

MY FIRST CRAFT IN FALLERSLEBEN

THE FACTORY COMPLEX

THE OPPRESSED REVOLTED

ALLIED SOLDIERS ROLL IN

WE GOT OUR FREEDOM AND RAN AWAY

I DISCOVER A HEARTBREAKING TRUTH

MY HUSBAND’S STORY

COMING TO AMERICA

OUR FIRST WORK IN THE UNITED STATES

GOING TO COLLEGE

POETRY

THOSE WITH SORE THROATS DISAPPEARED

Author's Note

Afterword

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