Excerpt: We Are On Our Own
Jewish Book Council | Miriam Katin | July 17, 2023
Jewish Book Council publishs an excerpt of We Are On Our Own
Long after my mother and I left Budapest near the end of World War II, I tried to recreate the grandeur of that city we so loved. I relied on some pictures I had and memory. I treasure the postcards I have from my father which he carried during the war. The palace was not there while I lived there. It was bombed by Adolf Eichmann. The palace has only recently been restored and is now a museum.
The Danube river holds a very special place in the cultural life of Budapest. My family and I always walked there on weekends where many cafes and restaurants lined the shore.
Although I don’t remember well my childhood in Budapest, it hurts me now to revisit that time in my memoir We Are On Our Own. You never knew who to trust, relationships were tested. Everybody was trying to preserve their life. Like my mother kept saying in the years following our harrowing escape from the Nazi regime, it is hard to imagine those times. The decisions you were forced to make all alone.
The excerpt is available to read here.
The Danube river holds a very special place in the cultural life of Budapest. My family and I always walked there on weekends where many cafes and restaurants lined the shore.
Although I don’t remember well my childhood in Budapest, it hurts me now to revisit that time in my memoir We Are On Our Own. You never knew who to trust, relationships were tested. Everybody was trying to preserve their life. Like my mother kept saying in the years following our harrowing escape from the Nazi regime, it is hard to imagine those times. The decisions you were forced to make all alone.
The excerpt is available to read here.