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Silent Witnesses
Author(s): Stephanie Satie
Decades after World War II, a group of women meet, moderated by a therapist. The women have one thing in common: all of them, including the therapist, survived the Holocaust as children. Expected to quietly assimilate and to not dwell on the past, they remained silent for years. Even the camp survivors wrote them off: “They were kids, they were hidden; nothing really happened to them.” Now, they begin to tell their stories for the first time: tales of vanished loved ones, privation, shame and sorrow. Now, in the safety of Dana’s home office, the boundaries between therapist, friend and co-survivor all disappear. <em>Silent Witnesses</em> is not the story of victims. It is an uplifting story of survival. Based on interviews and conversations with child survivors, these stories are unique in the realm of Holocaust narratives. Their memories were shaped through a child’s lens, yet infused with the wisdom of the adults they’ve become.
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Nationality of Author:U.S.
Experience(s) Chronicled:Hiding | The Ghettos | Women and the Holocaust | European Jewry Before the Holocaust
Tags: children
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