Facing the Past: A Public Memorial Compels a Small German Town to Confront Its History

by Fern Schumer Chapman

Who will remember the victims?

Eighty-nine-year-old Holocaust survivor Edith Westerfeld escaped the Nazi terror that claimed her family. Returning 76 years later to her small ancestral town, she witnesses the unveiling of the Stolpersteine, memorial stones to remember her family.

Through photographs, historical documents, and text, Facing the Past captures how some are confronting and atoning for Germany's national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CNJ72LXW
• ISBN13: 9798987259764
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Gussie Rose Press
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 11.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7