Remember Us

My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust

Vic Shayne, Martin Small

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781510718623
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628731477
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Jewish History
• Index: History

A New York Times Best Seller! 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.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Author’s Note
• Preface
• 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
• Photos
• And Then We Were Slaves
• Escape from Baranowicze
• Free for Now
• Partisans
• More Aimless Wandering
• Spring
• The 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
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author