Once My Name Was Sara

<p><strong>Once My Name Was Sara</strong> is a true story of survival displacement and the search for home-written by <strong>Betty Grebenschikoff</strong> who lived it.</p><p> </p><p>Born a Jewish child in Berlin Betty's life changed forever when the Nazis rose to power. Forced to leave everything behind her childhood became a series of escapes across Europe each move shaped by fear uncertainty and the hope of safety.</p><p> </p><p>One of the most remarkable chapters of her journey brought her to <strong>Shanghai</strong> one of the few places in the world that accepted Jewish refugees without visas. There she experienced life in a crowded refugee community far from home navigating hardship resilience and survival in an unfamiliar culture during World War II.</p><p> </p><p>From pre-war Germany through wartime Europe and Shanghai and finally to the United States <strong>Once My Name Was Sara</strong> traces a refugee's journey across continents-and the lasting impact of displacement memory and identity.</p><p> </p><p>Written with clarity and compassion Betty's memoir brings history out of textbooks and into lived experience. It is a powerful account of:</p><ul><li>Growing up Jewish in Nazi Germany</li><li>Life as a refugee during World War II</li><li>Survival in wartime Shanghai</li><li>Immigration identity and resilience</li><li>The meaning of home after loss</li></ul><p> </p><p>Ideal for readers of Holocaust memoirs immigration stories and historical nonfiction this book is especially suited for students educators and families seeking to understand history through a personal lens.</p><p> </p><p>Some stories must be remembered.</p><p>This is one of them.</p>