The seed for this book is planted during Michael Edelstein’s emotional first return visit in 1999 to the Ukrainian town of his origin. Near journey’s end, the author undertakes to reexamine his life in the Jewish tradition of heshbon ha’nefesh, an accounting of one’s time on Earth.
Memory and Perception • Reliving My Escape • Skala’s Shoah Landmarks • Encounter at the Mazury • Banquet of Remembrance
A Time of Reflection • Survival Factors • Gifts From My Parents • Networks of Saviors • Skills For Survival • My Postwar Reinvention • American Deliverance • Making the Most of Survival