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Product Description After decades of concealing the full account of her experiences, Holocaust survivor Beatrice Sonders (Basia Gadzuik) writes her story of survival and courage in the face of ultimate horrors. Born in 1924 and growing up in the small town of David-Horodok, a village in eastern Poland, Basia spent her childhood surrounded by family, traditions, and a Jewish education that rebirthed the Hebrew language. But when the Germans and Ukrainians obliterated David-Horodok in 1941, killing off all Jewish men in the town, everything changed. Left to fend for themselves, Basia and her mother fled one hundred kilometers south, driven into the infamous Sarny ghetto. Tragedy struck again as the Germans liquidated the ghetto in 1942, and Basia went into the first of many hiding places. After years of running from soldiers, changing her identity, and hiding her faith, Basia emerged as a survivor--shepherding the rebirth of her faith and her family in America. About the Author Beatrice Sonders (Basia Gadzuik, 1924-2019) was a survivor of the Holocaust and the atrocities that befell her hometown of David-Horodok. She aspired for the miraculous story of her survival to be known for generations to come. She lived in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and was especially proud of her three daughters, ten grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren. Emily Lawrence, an actor and writer, is passionate about bringing stories to life. She has narrated more than 190 audiobooks, half of which were USA Today or New York Times bestsellers, and has also worked in film, television, and theater. David Salama is one of Beatrice Sonder's ten grandchildren and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan, with his wife and their three sons. He feels beyond fortunate to have had his grandmother in his life as an adult and has always been inspired by her story of surviving the Holocaust. Through interviews and genealogical