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Four Scraps of Bread (Hardcover)
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Four Scraps of Bread (Hardcover)
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Born in Hungary in 1927, Magda Hollander-Lafon was among the
437,000 Jews deported from Hungary between May and July 1944.
Magda, her mother, and her younger sister survived a three-day
deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; there, she was considered fit
for work and so spared, while her mother and sister were sent
straight to their deaths. Hollander-Lafon recalls an experience she
had in Birkenau: "A dying woman gestured to me: as she opened her
hand to reveal four scraps of moldy bread, she said to me in a
barely audible voice, 'Take it. You are young. You must live to be
a witness to what is happening here. You must tell people so that
this never happens again in the world.' I took those four scraps of
bread and ate them in front of her. In her look I read both
kindness and release. I was very young and did not understand what
this act meant, or the responsibility that it represented." Years
later, the memory of that woman's act came to the fore, and Magda
Hollander-Lafon could be silent no longer. In her words, she wrote
her book not to obey the duty of remembering but in loyalty to the
memory of those women and men who disappeared before her eyes. Her
story is not a simple memoir or chronology of events. Instead,
through a series of short chapters, she invites us to reflect on
what she has endured. Often centered on one person or place, the
scenes of brutality and horror she describes are intermixed with
reflections of a more meditative cast. Four Scraps of Bread is both
historical and deeply evocative, melancholic, and at times poetic
in nature. Following the text is a "Historical Note" with a
chronology of the author's life that complements her kaleidoscopic
style. After liberation and a period in transit camps, she arrived
in Belgium, where she remained. Eventually, she chose to be
baptized a Christian and pursued a career as a child psychologist.
The author records a journey through extreme suffering and loss
that led to radiant personal growth and a life of meaning. As she
states: "Today I do not feel like a victim of the Holocaust but a
witness reconciled with myself." Her ability to confront her
experiences and free herself from her trauma allowed her to embrace
a life of hope and peace. Her account is, finally, an exhortation
to us all to discover life-giving joy.
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