Speech at the Jewish Book Award Ceremony New York, June 12, 1991 What happens to Gershona after the book ends? When asked - and often I am - I try to imagine Gershona now. What would she be like if she were here today? She would have been 44 years…

Lecture at the Conference "Shadows of the Holocaust" Los Angeles, November 1988 Why was she spared? At the age of twenty six I finally found the courage to pose the question to my mother. Why was she saved while all the others were not? This, I believe, is the enigma…

What are those two whispering about? Let's call them Ilse and Trudi. Ilse, fourth from the left in the photograph, has her hand on Trudi's arm in an intimate gesture, and they are exchanging a joke because Trudi is laughing, beaming with happiness. Was Ilse telling her about last night's…

TWhen did the Holocaust begin and when did it end? When Israeli youngsters come to Massuah - the Institute for Holocaust Studies, for a daylong Seminar, they are requested to plot points on a long piece of paper representing the axis of time. One says, the Holocaust began on Crystal…

A childhood memory: Holon in the 1950s. A boy guides his blind grandfather on his daily walk, and as a reward for his good deed, Grandfather presented him with him a new book. This is how Haim Maor's first library came into being. The boy, one can only presume, was…