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Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway. Her first conscious recollection of life goes back to 1942, when as a young child she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II, to avoid annihilation. Germany had invaded Norway and the persecution of two thousand Norwegian Jews had begun. Seven members of her father's family were among the seven hundred and seventy-one unfortunate persons who were deported and sent to Auschwitz.
In 2005, Irene was forced to examine the label of being a Holocaust survivor. Her strong dual identity as a Norwegian and a Jew led her to explore previously unopened doors in her mind. This is not a narrative of the Holocaust alone, but the remembrance of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after WWII. In addition to the richness of both her Norwegian and Jewish cultures, she ultimately acquired yet another identity as an American.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Norway Wasn't Too Small
Chapter 1: The Escape
Chapter 2: Refugees in Exile
Chapter 3: Those Who Came First - The Levin Family
Chapter 4: Those Who Came First - The Selikowitz Family
Chapter 5: The Family that 'Disappeared'
Chapter 6: War and Holocaust
Chapter 7: The Silence
Chapter 8: Return from Exile
Chapter 9: Learning How to be a Norwegian Jew
Chapter 10: On Marrying a Jew
Chapter 11: Life in America
Chapter 12: The Myth about the Danish King
Chapter 13: Identity
Chapter 14: The Journey Into the Past
