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    Summary of Esther Safran Foer's I Want You to Know We're Still Here
    Summary of Esther Safran Foer's I Want You to Know We're Still Here
    Summary of Esther Safran Foer's I Want You to Know We're Still Here
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    #1 I am the offspring of Holocaust survivors, which means there is a tragic and complicated history. I grew up surrounded by ghosts, but I didn’t know about the name of the person closest to me who was killed in the Holocaust.

    #2 I have spent my life trying to excavate the memories that elude me. I have a collection of glass jars that contain slivers of memory from all over the world. Memories aren’t static; they change with time.

    #3 I have a great responsibility to keep the past alive, and I do this by taking care of my family’s photographs and documents. I have memories of my parents’ Holocaust experiences, and I can’t bring myself to use the common euphemism perished.

    #4 I began working on genealogy websites, and in 2009, I traveled to Ukraine to find the family that had hidden my father during the war. I wanted to know about my sister. I wanted to know about my father.

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    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateApr 27, 2022
    ISBN9781669397076
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      #1

      I am the offspring of Holocaust survivors, which means there is a tragic and complicated history. I grew up surrounded by ghosts, but I didn’t know about the name of the person closest to me who was killed in the Holocaust.

      #2

      I have spent my life trying to excavate the memories that elude me. I have a collection of glass jars that contain slivers of memory from all over the world. Memories aren’t static; they change with time.

      #3

      I have a great responsibility to keep the past alive, and I do this by taking care of my family’s photographs and documents. I have memories of my parents’ Holocaust experiences, and I can’t bring myself to use the common euphemism perished.

      #4

      I began working on genealogy websites, and in 2009, I traveled to Ukraine to find the family that had hidden my father during the war. I wanted to know about my sister. I wanted to know about my father.

      Insights from Chapter 2

      #1

      My mother fled Poland in early July 1941, just before Nazi parachutes rained

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