Daring to Hope

By Rachel Lisogurski and Chana Broder and Barbara Engelking

The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs

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I often wonder now how I could even have thought of running away. Where did I get my faith in the future?

When Rachel and her husband, Avrumeh, escape from the Siemiatycze ghetto in Poland one cold winter night in 1942 with their four-year-old daughter, Chana, they are desperate for refuge. Turned away by their closest friends, they are forced to wander the countryside looking for places to hide and asking for help from strangers and acquaintances. For close to two years, every day is filled with uncertainty for them and for the courageous farmers who eventually hide them. Throughout, young Chana is fiercely protected by her parents, who teach her not to cry, not to even make a sound. After liberation, Chana’s childhood truly begins, and decades later, she finally has the opportunity to honour those who rescued her family. Told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, Daring to Hope reflects on the darkness of wartime and the love that held a family together.

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Publication Date: October 27, 2020

Reading Age: Adult

Genre: Adult Nonfiction

Product Format: Paperback

Pages: 248

ISBN: 9781988065588

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