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Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt met in Nazi Berlin, married in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and survived Auschwitz. In this book, they tell their intertwined stories in their own words. The text directly expresses their experiences, reactions, and emotions. The reader moves with them through the stages of their Holocaust journeys: persecution in Berlin, deportation to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz, slave labor, liberation, reunion, and finally emigration to the US. Kurt and Sonja saw the death of Jews every day for two years, but they never stopped creating their own lives. The spoken words of these survivors create a uniquely direct relationship with the reader, as if this couple were telling their story in their living room.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface, by Sarah Cushman

Introduction
Berlin
Theresienstadt/Terezin
Auschwitz
Slave Labor
Death March
Liberation
Munich
Maine
Conclusion

Bibliography
Study Guide
Index

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      Publisher Academic Studies Press
      Published 17 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9781644696941
      978-1644696941
      ISBN-10 1644696940
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt met in Nazi Berlin, married in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and survived Auschwitz. In this book, they tell their intertwined stories in their own words. The text directly expresses their experiences, reactions, and emotions. The reader moves with them through the stages of their Holocaust journeys: persecution in Berlin, deportation to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz, slave labor, liberation, reunion, and finally emigration to the US. Kurt and Sonja saw the death of Jews every day for two years, but they never stopped creating their own lives. The spoken words of these survivors create a uniquely direct relationship with the reader, as if this couple were telling their story in their living room.

      Table of Contents
      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Preface, by Sarah Cushman

      Introduction
      Berlin
      Theresienstadt/Terezin
      Auschwitz
      Slave Labor
      Death March
      Liberation
      Munich
      Maine
      Conclusion

      Bibliography
      Study Guide
      Index

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