Survivor Story: A Lie on Tiptoe

“On my 17th birthday, I was transported to Auschwitz. When the selection officer asked how old I was, I stood on tiptoe and lied that I was 19. He let me join my brother, age 20, who was already with the workers.” Read about two Holocaust survivors, German Jewish newlyweds sent to America by their parents to have children to “save our people,” in One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.

The young, old, and weak went straight to the gas chamber
Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn on the eve of the Nazi slaughter

Author: annsepstein@att.net

Ann S. Epstein is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays.

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