Hungarian Memories

Hungarian Memories (link here), by Silverseason on  her blog Silver Threads  (link here), is a compelling biography of her husband Julius. A Holocaust death camp survivor, his story is of one unique family, yet it is  representative of the stories of families who suffer loss by death and dispersal. The biography does not avoid the egregious crimes suffered by the Gluck family. The focus however is on the will and the courage to reconnect and to rebuild demonstrated by this family, while they never sacrificed the values of culture and civilization. Nancy describes the many reunions and trips revisiting and photographing sites of events. I am particularly appreciative for her including many photos. They emphasize that this is an authentic history of real people.  I cannot do it justice with more words and encourage a reading of the real thing. A good read, it is more.

I hope many more of the true stories are written to be preserved; first to keep history honest and, I think more importantly, as Julius does, to remind all of us of our dignity as creatures of this earth and our capacity to endure unspeakable adversity; then with courage to strike out into new territitory in optimism.