Mrs. Crosby, in her fictional story of a mother's sacrifice for her young daughter, brings to light a unique message hidden in the modern world's most horrific crime against humanity. Often stories of the holocaust are fraught with unspeakable despair and human tragedy. However, Mrs. Crosby, through her tender story, illuminates the effect of the holocaust that forever vanquished the Nazi's hope of destroying the Jewish nation. The holocaust begot a generation of Jews with a stronger and deeper faith in G-d than ever before.