I picked this book up a while back when it was free.
Berthe was living in Austria when the Germans became a problem for the Jewish people. She ended up going through a lot and spending much of the war in Switzerland. Afterward, she lived in Israel.
This book is written in a conversational tone. It wouldn't win any literary awards, and it shouldn't have to. As someone who has spent a good chunk of their life dabbling with their genealogy, stories like this need to be written down. Berthe wasn't a famous person, but that doesn't mean her life isn't interesting.
I may be a bit biased. I believe everyone has something that makes them special. Berthe's memoirs skim over the worst of the pain in her life, but I'm not bringing that up as a criticism. It's just the way it's written.
There is a lot of documentation and pictures included in this book, and I enjoyed those. The book itself is only a little over 100 pages, so it won't take up a lot of your time, but I thought it was well worth the read. If I had one issue, it was that since I'm not Jewish I wasn't familiar with some of the customs and holidays mentioned. Also, Hebrew is used a few times, and I'm not sure what those entries said. Overall, I enjoyed this book and appreciate the members of Berthe's family making it available for people outside their circle to read. Good Book!
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