General Discussion

one of my Jewish friends called and asked, if push came to shove, whether I'd be willing basically to hide her and try to keep her safe until she could find her way to Israel. I agreed, of course, and actually began a sort of check list of what in that case would need doing. Her family background is similar to yours. Her grandmother on her father's side came to this country in the 1930s, all the others who stayed behind in Austria were murdered.

My neighbor in the apartment complex where I used to live was a survivor of Auschwitz/Birkenau. She was a Romanian Jew, passed away many years now. I occasionally tried to draw her out but she didn't want to talk about it, which I obviously could understand.

That so many Americans are ignorant of the Holocaust, or worse yet skeptical that it happened, is beyond infuriating. And this past year, since October 7th, has been especially depressing.

Best wishes to you and yours. Let's hope this coming year is better than this last.