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“Riveting…Borger’s haunting, revelatory book exists in the shadow of a parent who, like many survivors, spoke little about his past. Part of Borger’s task is to illuminate that anguishing tension between forgetting and remembering.” —New York Times Book Review
“Moving…A family memoir, a collective biography, and a gripping detective story rolled into one.” —The Guardian
“Powerful…compelling…a gripping addition to the literature on inherited trauma.” —The Observer
“This remarkable book in itself exemplifies the significance of facing up to and finding ways of living with an almost unbearable past.” ―Financial Times
“The stories [Borger] has been able to salvage are remarkable threads connecting the present to a dark past, marked by the will to survive. Intriguing and humane, a worthwhile addition to Holocaust studies.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Borger fills out the historical context with great clarity…These losses were ‘unmentionable,’ a heavy burden growing heavier and darker the more it was ignored. At the same time, those who lived told tales shot through with the joy of survival, the wonder of escape and the lives it made possible.” —Times Literary Supplement
“[Borger’s] ability to piece together so many different stories is remarkable…[He] shows great curiosity, tenacity, and compassion as he interviews survivors and their descendants.” —Jewish Book Council
“Part memoir, part detective story…profoundly affecting.” —Philippe Sands, author of East West Street
“Tender, evocative, and deeply moving.” —Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
“Powerful, eloquent…I loved it.” —Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes