I have my mother's eyes : a Holocaust memoir across generations

In __I Have My Mother’s Eyes: A Holocaust Story Across Generations__ author Barbara Ruth Bluman chroniclesher mother’s dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to westernBritish Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgentand intimate tone as she follows Zosia Hoffenberg from her genteelupbringing in Warsaw through the shock of the Blitzkrieg and on toher escape from Europe through the Soviet Union and Japan. Thatescape required the help of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul inLithuania, who defied his superiors and helped several thousand Jewsto flee. Bluman also reveals how, even as she was recording hermother’s tale of survival, cancer was ravaging her own body. In thisinterwoven narrative, Bluman explains how she garnered strength fromher mother’s account as a refugee, as she “stared death in the face.” Thesetwin narratives blossom out of salvaged journal entries and letters, andfrom the photographs of family members who have reunited after yearsof displacement. A celebration of the universal struggle for survival,__I Have My Mother’s Eyes__ offers a hopeful response to one of history’s darkest times. This Holocaust memoir crosses generations. In I Have My Mother's Eyes, Barbara Ruth Bluman chronicles her mother's dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to western British Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgent and intimate tone as she follows Zosia Hoffenberg from her genteel upbringing in Warsaw through the shock of the blitzkrieg and on to her escape from Europe through Lithuania, the Soviet Union and Japan. That escape required the help of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Lithuania, who defied his superiors and helped several thousand Jews to flee. Bluman also reveals how, even as she was recording her mother's tale of survival, cancer was ravaging her own body. In this interwoven narrative, Bluman explains how she garnered strength from her mother's account as a refugee, “staring death in the face.” These twin narratives blossom out of salvaged journal entries and letters, and from the photographs of family members who have reunited after years of displacement. Bluman's daughter Danielle Low brings this double memoir to a conclusion. A celebration of the universal struggle for survival, I Have My Mother's Eyes offers a hopeful response to one of history's darkest times.

In I Have My Mother's Eyes: A Holocaust Story Across Generations author Barbara Ruth Bluman chroniclesher mother's dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to westernBritish Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgentand intimate tone as she follows Zosia Hoffenberg from her genteelupbringing in Warsaw through the shock of the Blitzkrieg and on toher escape from Europe through the Soviet Union and Japan. Thatescape required the help of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul inLithuania, who defied his superiors and helped several thousand Jewsto flee. Bluman also reveals how, even as she was recording hermother's tale of survival, cancer was ravaging her own body. In thisinterwoven narrative, Bluman explains how she garnered strength fromher mother's account as a refugee, as she “stared death in the face.” Thesetwin narratives blossom out of salvaged journal entries and letters, andfrom the photographs of family members who have reunited after yearsof displacement. A celebration of the universal struggle for survival,I Have My Mother's Eyes offers a hopeful response to one of history's darkest times.

In I Have My Mother’s Eyes: A Holocaust Story Across Generations author Barbara Ruth Bluman chroniclesher mother’s dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to westernBritish Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgentand intimate tone as she follows Zosia Hoffenberg from her genteelupbringing in Warsaw through the shock of the Blitzkrieg and on toher escape from Europe through the Soviet Union and Japan. Thatescape required the help of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul inLithuania, who defied his superiors and helped several thousand Jewsto flee. Bluman also reveals how, even as she was recording hermother’s tale of survival, cancer was ravaging her own body. In thisinterwoven narrative, Bluman explains how she garnered strength fromher mother’s account as a refugee, as she “stared death in the face.” Thesetwin narratives blossom out of salvaged journal entries and letters, andfrom the photographs of family members who have reunited after yearsof displacement. A celebration of the universal struggle for survival, I Have My Mother’s Eyes offers a hopeful response to one of history’s darkest times.