List of Figures | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Historical Introduction: The Origins of Lithuanian Jewry | p. 1 |
Born in the Ghetto | |
Right Meant Death, and Left, Life | p. 39 |
The Young Shoots of the Tree | p. 63 |
Keep Your Eyes Shut | p. 69 |
My Chance of Survival | p. 77 |
Left on the Porch | p. 83 |
If the Child Is Circumcised, He Will Be Saved | p. 91 |
Father Hoped for a Good Outcome | p. 101 |
A Red Dress with White Polka Dots | p. 103 |
Driven by Longing | p. 107 |
Living Proof of Defiance | p. 111 |
A Precious Plaid Blanket | p. 117 |
My Patriotic Song Did Not Help | p. 123 |
Trustworthy Neighbours | p. 127 |
Memoirs of the Actions | |
The Horror of the 'Big Action' | p. 133 |
The Ominous Sound of Cheerful Music | p. 141 |
We Would Even Have Given You to Gypsies | p. 145 |
We Grew Up Fast | p. 151 |
A History Never Discussed | p. 157 |
8,000 Rubels for Yehuda | p. 163 |
Places of Refuge | |
Scalded by Borscht | p. 173 |
Many Rescuers of One Little Girl | p. 179 |
A Childhood of Orphanages | p. 183 |
Will You Be My Mama? | p. 189 |
I Always Celebrate My Birthdays | p. 197 |
My Sister's Name was Ruth | p. 205 |
The Prayer of an Innocent Girl | p. 215 |
I Asked If It Was 'Safe' to Know Her | p. 219 |
From Darkness to Light | p. 231 |
In the Countryside | |
Letter to My Grandson Idan | p. 241 |
The Only Little Black Mouse | p. 247 |
Two Mina Steins | p. 253 |
Pesahl, a Wonderful Child | p. 261 |
Abandoned in the Forest | p. 265 |
My Playmates Were a Cat and a Hen | p. 267 |
Left with Mother's Handkerchief | p. 271 |
Smuggled in a Sack | |
Just Another Baby 'From the Train' | p. 283 |
A Pit beneath the Bed | p. 289 |
There's a Yellow Dog Running By | p. 297 |
The Potato-Sack Siblings | p. 301 |
Reunions and Lost Identities | |
The Tortuous Route to Israel | p. 315 |
I Did Not Want to Go Anymore | p. 325 |
The First Taste of Chocolate | p. 339 |
I Have Retained a Great Love of LIFE! | p. 343 |
Who Am I? | p. 349 |
I Don't Want Any More Mamas | p. 351 |
A Little Girl with Three Mothers | p. 359 |
Twenty-Six Years of Expectation | p. 365 |
Finally I Found My Roots | p. 371 |
I Pretended that I did not Know She Was My Aunt | p. 377 |
Kamochka, Come with Your Whole Family and I Will Shelter You Again | p. 383 |
References | p. 403 |
Index | p. 407 |
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