Before the Beginning and After the End

<p>How do survivors of genocide come to terms with the horrors they witnessed and experienced? Do they become shells of what they had been or do they find meaningful ways of re-establishing their lives and move forward productively?</p><p><br></p><p>In this book part memoir and part historical novel the life trajectory of several Shoah survivors is described including the author's parents sister aunt uncle cousins and family friends. Some were able to survive by leaving subjugated countries before the Nazis could imprison them others were able to hide in forests or in the homes of Righteous Christians and a few others somehow survived the terror of the concentration camps. </p><p><br></p><p>Most of the author's family including grandparents brothers and sisters did not survive but parts of their stories are told in this book. The lives of survivors prior to and during the Shoah is described as are their post-Shoah experiences that allowed them to reclaim their identities and begin anew. </p><p><br></p>