Memories of survival By Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal.

Title: Memories of survival
Author: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal.
Illustration: Esther Nisenthal Krinitz.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Comments
CIP Info A story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland, illustrated in a collection of embroidered panels, and told in the survivor's own words.

I have posted about this book before, but I have read it twice since then. Growing up with my Grandmother I learned how to embroider. I am not good, actually I am pretty bad. But because of my Grandmother’s persistence I can value the skill it took to create these illustrations.

This is an excellent way for Ester Nisenthal Krinitz to pass her memories and her stories to her daughters. I am fascinated by the illustrations. The care and skill that went into them makes them all that more impressive. I have read so many books that were illustrated by people removed from the story. Regular illustrations done by artists are great, but the stories and the illustrations come from the woman who was there. She was brave to live through it once, but the strength it took to relive it again is even more impressive. I would like to thank her family for sharing their treasures with the rest of the world.

May we never forget.