Shadows of Treblinka

Unique and compelling, this husband-and-wife memoir of the Holocaustwill move and inform generations. As we lose eyewitnesses to this ultimatehorror, the Kuperhands present us with an elegantly restrained, yet hard-hitting,Kaddish to Polish Jewry.Miriam was the daughter of a prosperous furrier; Saul was the son ofa poor shoemaker. Miriam was sixteen when she and her brother roamed thewild countryside of Poland, searching for food and shelter--and for theirparents. Saul was only a few years older when he watched the smoke risingfrom the crematoria and knew that his parents, sister, and eight brotherswere gone forever. Miriam lived by hiding; Saul lived by escaping fromthe camp.The authors emphasize the essential role that Polish Christians playedin their survival and stress that wit, courage, faith, luck, and evena strong will to live were worthless without their help.The travail of their survival is wrenching yet comforting, tragic yetupbeat, cinematic yet intimate. Shadows of Treblinka will hauntand inspire its readers.