Holocaust’s Child and Something About Kate are different kinds of books. The first is a history, while the second is a work of fiction. But both deal with the human condition, just in different ways.

Holocaust’s Child is the history of ten children who survived the Nazis attempt to murder them along with the six million Jews they did succeed in slaughtering. Each child survived in a different way. Some survived by their own wits, some with the help of their parents or others, and one because her desperate mother threw her over the concentration camp fence in an attempt to save the life of her three-year-old daughter. My wife, Amy, and I wrote the book to preserve their experiences and the history surrounding them. Another goal was to help expand people’s understanding that the Holocaust was about more than death camps and concentration camps. Jews were murdered one by one, in groups of tens, by their hundreds and by their thousands. They were gassed, shot, beaten to death, starved to death, killed by disease and overwork that their food-starved bodies could not survive. Holocaust’s Child is about the cruelty humans are capable of, but more importantly about the triumph of the human spirit and the will to survive.
Something About Kate is the story of two damaged people who accidentally find each other, and over the course of time, help each other heal. The story is about how the right relationships can bring about a better life for both the people involved and about the struggle to survive and thrive. Some people are damaged by guilt, even when it is not justified. Others are damaged by the people around them, instilling self-doubt and hurting their feeling of self-worth. Nearly everyone is damaged in some way. Something About Kate explores that damage and points to a possible way out.
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