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Book, 2008
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Offers the moving story of a young woman who, after having been deported from her home in Romania during World War II, survived to emigrate to Palestine after the war, where she met the love of her life and began life anew amidst the birth of the Zionist movement. Recounts the story of Joshua Szereny and Isadora Rosen's meeting, courtship, and marriage while en route to Turkey to escape the Holocaust. Traveling through the Ukraine, Romania, and Turkey, Michael Benanav documented the incredible story of his grandmother Isadora, who was deported along with every Jew in Romania and held captive in a frozen Ukrainian area called Transnistria. Near the end of the Nazi occupation, Isa returned to Bucharest. She emigrated to Palestine on the Toros, the ship on which she met the author’s grandfather, Joshua. Letters chronicle both the love affair, the birth of the Zionist movement, and the resurgence of Jewish writers in Europe. This story is a beautiful tapestry woven by an award-winning young writer, accompanied by vivid full-color photographs.
The holocuast through the eyes of the authors grandparents, with a blurb by nobel peace prize winner Elie Wiesel. "Movingly written, Michael Benanav's search for his grandparents' tragic memories and experiences brings the reader closer to an ineffable truth that must not be forgotten."Elie Wiesel
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