Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

Written by Jack Sutin and Rochelle Sutin

In this gripping memoir, Jack and Rochelle Sutin recount their experiences as Jewish resistance fighters during World War II, a story that ranges from extreme horror to poignant triumph. Told through their son Lawrence, the book brings alive the reality of months spent hidden in a dank underground bunker infested with lice and disease. Jack and Rochelle is more than just an account of stark survival, however. It is also the tale of an almost impossible love affair that has lasted over fifty years, and an eloquent reminder that history is made up of the often deeply moving details of individual lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094442303

Jack Sutin

JACK AND ROCHELLE SUTIN met in the woods of Poland as Jewish resistance fighters during the Holocaust. They married in 1942 in the underground bunker that served as one of their shelters while they fought with Jewish partisan groups during the war. After that, the couple was sent to a displaced-persons camp in Germany. The two later immigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they ran an import business and had two children. Rochelle Sutin died in 2010.

Reviews for Jack and Rochelle

[Terri · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this book!! This is another devastating, yet happy story about the holocaust. Read it.

[Nanette Oosthuizen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have read a number of books on the holocaust and found this book unique with another perspective to the experiences of the Jews.
Well done author, but such tragedy for the human race

[shana · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow. In all my education of the Holocaust I never heard of this type of survival. This is an amazing story of strength and endurance, as well as bravery. What amazing humans they are. Thank you for sharing your story with us.

[Robbie Gittins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Truth is better than fiction an yet I wish that they and others in so many situations hadn’t suffered so much. It’s hard to believe such atrocities occurred less than 100!years ago. Yet whole families were hacked up in 2023 and families bombed to reach a few very bad men.

[Julie Minich-Castro · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is one of the best books I have read in the last five years! It tells the story that is not normally told about Jewish people that escaped the concentration camps. The struggle in the wilderness is not ever discussed in history books. This will give you more information about what did Jewish people have endured. It’s an excellent read.

[Aubrey White · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A beautiful love story with a real account of the holocaust in a way I had not heard before.

[Kirsty Magnus · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Incredible story of survival, everyone should read this book. Very enlightening.

[akinyiaao · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A page turner, very tragic and captivating story though with a happy ending

[Carole Watson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Well written and amazing to have these personal stories shared. Difficult to face the awful truths but so important we all are aware and on the watch it doesn’t happen again. Thank you for your book.

[Dian · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

OMG what a gripping story with strong people it's heart rending and it touch my soul I listen ,laugh and cried what life experiences and through it all a beautiful love came of it I pray things like that will never happen again the narrator was wonderful

[christine · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I cried listening to this book.. jack and rochelle together through thick and thin I fell in love with them and the lives of people in war. Gruesome

[Kelly Izell · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I learned things and enjoyed this very much! Hearing stories from Holocaust survivors has always been astonishing to me. The will to live through those horrors is incredible.

[Jennifer Wall · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful, educational and impactful story. Thank you so very much.

[KATHY FRISBY · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an enlightening book of the struggles of the Jewish Holocaust victims. I’ve read many stories but none like this one. Thank you so much for sharing your family story.