Description
This anthology gives voice to the remarkable variety of experiences that make up the texture of the Melbourne community. Many of them reflect the fact that Australia had the highest percentage of Holocaust survivors of any diaspora Jewish community in the world. Each voice gives a picture of the family before the war, when life was sweet, so the reader knows what was taken away. Two photos accompany every contribution: when possible, one from the past and then a family group from the present – a celebration of the new life they were given.
Table of Contents and Contributors:
| Ninety Years Over My Shoulder | Abe Monester QC |
| Knowing What Is Enough | Andrew Rajcher |
| Standing On My Own Two Feet | Danielle Schilling |
| The Joy of Helping Others | Debra Korman |
| Finding My Own Way | Dorothea Josem |
| Becoming An Artist | Eva Ermer |
| A Czech Story | George Svenger |
| I Dreamt of a Bathroom | Hanka Krauskopf |
| Finding My Yiddishkeit | Joe Kaufman |
| Physician and Patient – My Life on Both Sides | John Rogers AM |
| Sharing My Passion, Genealogy | Liz James OAM |
| Getting Comfortable | Marion Majzner |
| Journey of a Jewish Artist | Victor Majzner |
| My Face Saved My Life | Marta Hartman |
| A Headstone For My Father and My Brother | Mary Herzog |
| Welcome To South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter | Michele Phillips OAM |
| Brotherly Love | Milan Bierenkrant |
| Finding My Purpose | Minna Lederberger |
| Welome To Golds World of Judaica | Miriam Goldschmiedt |
| My Childhood In China | Nora Vinson |
| Opal Essence | Peter Cherny |
| The Kolliners and Their Magic Ring | Peter Kolliner OAM |
| The Eshel Family | Raizel Fogel |
| I Just Worry About The Kids | Rosalie Silverstein OAM |
| Remembering My Parents | Ruth Waisberg |
| My Parent’s Story | Sonia Palmer |
| Meet My Family | Tami Olsha |
| A Girl From Bielitz | Vera Finkel |
| A Fulfilling Life | Vera Lenard |
| Learning To Love Diamonds | Willi Eckstein |
| Hebrew, A Language In Crisis | Yehuda Kaplan |
| A Latvian Soldier’s Story | Zalman Plotke |
| For My Parents | Zev Degen |
