Outcry - Holocaust memoirs

by Manny Steinberg

Jewish people to name their children after a family member that has passed away. We honor and perpetuate the name that way.”

The depression was the great leveler of mankind. From this I learned a lot about human nature. With survival foremost in each person's mind, jealousy, envy and cowardice became apparent in our small community.

Desperation and the will to survive overwhelmed our natural fellowship.

They had taken away our liberty, earning potential, and dignity. The next step would be our lives.

Time is long when you suffer and short when you are happy.

Obsessively, I thought of freedom. I imagined how wonderful it would be to wear a suit again, a pair of shoes and a tie, and to be able to take a bath and to shave and, above all, to have enough to eat. I cried softly.