Ebook: Remember us: my journey from the shtetl through the Holocaust

Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. From work camps to the partisans of the Nowogrudek forests, from the Mauthausen concentration camp to life as a displaced person in Italy, and from fighting the Egyptian army in a tiny Israeli kibbutz in 1948 to starting a new life in a new world in New York, this book encompasses the mythical hero's journey in very real historical events. Through the eyes of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.;I live to remember -- My little shtetl, Maitchet -- Yiddish culture -- Answering questions with questions -- Dreaming of a new world -- Shabbat Shalom -- Yearning to touch the past -- Visiting Baranowicze -- The wrong kind of excitement -- Living with our differences -- All on one block -- L'chaim to my father -- The meaning of Tzedakah -- Our world started to change -- The German invasion -- And then we were slaves -- Escape from Baranowicze -- Free for now -- Partisans -- More aimless wandering -- Spring -- Awakening -- Viva Italia! -- Nowhere but Palestine -- A war we would not lose -- Where's my visa? -- America the beautiful -- Time for reflection -- The circle comes to a close -- I remember -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendix: Gentle snowflakes falling.