Fragments of Hope

by Rachel Lisogurski, Chana Broder (Editor)

When Rachel and her husband, Abraham, escape from the Siemiatycze ghetto one cold winter night in 1942 with their four-year-old daughter, Chana, they are desperate for refuge. Turned away by the one person they thought they could depend on, they are forced to ask for help from strangers and acquaintances. During the 21 months that they are hidden by courageous farmers, Rachel and Abraham fiercely protect Chana, who is taught never to cry, never to make a sound. After liberation, as Rachel and Abraham are haunted by the past, Chana’s childhood truly begins. Too young then to fully understand what they have survived, it is only later in life that Chana realizes she must preserve her family’s legacy and honor those who rescued them. Told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, Fragments of Hope brings light into a world of darkness.

226 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2020

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book I am reading is entitled “Daring to Hope”, but it is the same book.

This is not a story about concentration camps, but it is no less harrowing.
It is a firsthand account of a Polish family who made the decision to run and hide in the forest surrounding the ghetto where they had been made to live.
As news came that the ghetto population were about to be sent to work camps they made their escape in the hope that non-Jewish friends would help them.
Some did - some did not.
The book recounts the memories of mother and daughter and goes beyond the end of the war.