Memories of 'chesed' (compassion): what remains when the people are gone

Ann Weiss discusses the life of her mother, Lunia Beckenroth Gartner Weiss, who survived the Shoah - the sole survivor of her nuclear family. Relates the stories of various people who were in Auschwitz with her. To add individuals' names and stories to the history is the purpose of this essay, the stories of five of the six million