Saving the tremors of past lives: a cross-generational Holocaust memoir

The Jewish community of the Polish town of Brzesc (Brisk in Yiddish), of almost 30,000 people, was wiped out during the Holocaust, with only about 10 survivors. One of them was Masza Pinczuk, who escaped from the Brzesc ghetto on the eve of its liquidation on October 15, 1942. Her future husband succeeded in escaping from the Warsaw ghetto. They were the sole survivors of their respective families, and in this volume their daughter, Regina Grol, shares their story and meditates on the legacy of the Holocaust, exploring the lingering impact of the Holocaust on the following generations. Based on interviews and letters, and checked against historical facts, the book includes supporting documents and photographs. It also contains a retrospective and introspective look at Grol's own life as a child of Holocaust survivors.