LOST AND FOUND, A Family Memoir

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SARA APPLEBAUM. LOST AND FOUND, A Family Memoir

INTRODUCTION

FAMILY

ISRAEL

WHERE THEY CAME FROM

LOST

STATELESS

COMING TO AMERICA

FROM LOUISVILLE TO LOS ANGELES

MY BROTHER MARK’S MEMORIES

BACK TO 1941

LIKE TOUCHING THROUGH TIME

MY FATHER’S RETURN

TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT

FIFTY TWO PAGES

COUSINS…COUSINS…COUSINS…FOUND AT LAST

POLAND

GENEALOGY

DEDICATION

FAMILY INDEX

MAP

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I’ve heard that, according to Jewish tradition, a person dies two deaths.The first is the death of the physical body, the second is when he is no longer remembered. Who will keep the memories of my ancestors when I am gone?

The first time I remember seeing a number tattooed on a person’s arm and thinking of what it meant, I was thirteen years old. Mr. Zilber and his wife were dear and loving family friends. It was sad that they never had children, I thought. They would have been wonderful parents.

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The document states the date of their marriage as December 1955, three and a half years after we left Blegium. Unfortunately it doesn’t give the date of the adoption, so I don’t know if it happened during the war when my aunt and uncle thought we were all dead, or if they adopted her after our return, perhaps to insure that they didn’t lose her.

My parents never spoke of it and I don’t believe they ever knew.

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