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When Time Stopped

a Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
Feb 26, 2020lilypad_1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This absorbing memoir about a daughter who pieces together her families' tragic losses in WW2 is one I am unable to put down. I picked it up yesterday afternoon and am almost finished with it today. I have read a lot about WW2 survivors, resistors, SOE operators, etc. and there is something different about this account of a woman who lived with her father his whole life not knowing that almost his whole immediate and extended family was murdered by the Nazi's. I can't imagine her mental wrestling match, why didn't he tell her when he could, why did he leave bits and pieces of documents with such small fragments of such a large family story? Her tenacity and willingness to investigate the tiniest lead was rewarding in the end and gave her a new understanding of father. His story was something you could not make up. Highly recommend.