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“In the preceding pages, to paraphrase the words of Auschwitz survivor, writer, and Nobel Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, we share Martin Small’s personal journey not so that you will understand but so that you will know you can never understand.”
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
“This last war had sobered us to certain realities. The Holocaust, if nothing else, taught us that we could never again allow others to define for us who we are. The Jewish people would at long last create an image built on strength, resolve, respect, and self-determination. For as long as we stayed in Europe, living in DP camps, refused entrance to nations all over the world, and living without dignity, we would remain Hitler’s victims. We were tired of being victims and survivors.We wanted to be creators and contributors, fathers and mothers. I”
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
“He told me that Maitchet was where his family was; he couldn’t think about leaving his mother, father, cousins, brothers, aunts, and uncles. For generations we had built a life here. Papa learned from his own father that family was more important than anything; without a family, life had no purpose. So that was that.”
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
― Remember Us: My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
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