1. My Mother’s Suitcase 2. Mecklenburg 3. Nazi Berlin 4. Kindertransport 5. Nurse Mary 6. Oxford Days 7. Repatriation 8. Fleeing Berlin 9. Mutti’s Quest for her Lost Past 10. America, the Promised Land 11. Transplanted Mishpachah12. Under the Roller Coaster13. Another Foster Home 14. Camarillo 15. Mutti’s Beatnik Refuge16. Notes from the Loony Bin 17. Picking up the Pieces 18. The Nostalgia of Displacement 19. Can’t Go Home Again 20. Taking Stock 21. Mutti becomes Omi 22. Just a Little Garden, please 23. Hell Hath No Fury24. Downward Spiral 25. Kaddish 26. Holocaust Pilgrimage 27. Kavod Hamet Selected BibliographyNotes Acknowledgments About the Author Photos Amsterdam Publishers Holocaust LibraryIn 1939, Mary Krotoczynski left Berlin on the Kindertransport while her parents remained to perish in the Holocaust. In this memoir, her son chronicles her courageous struggles as a refugee.In 1939, Mary Krotoczynski left Berlin on the Kindertransport while her parents remained to perish in the Holocaust. In this memoir, her son chronicles her courageous struggles as a refugee, first in England and postwar Germany, and then in America.Mary fought to build a new life after losing her family and homeland as she bravely coped with bipolar disorder and the inequities related to social status and gender.Her own words and the memories of those who loved her are part of the story. They add to our understanding of the diverse and complex problems faced by Holocaust survivors and their descendants.In 1939, Mary Krotoczynski left Berlin on the Kindertransport while her parents remained to perish in the Holocaust. In this memoir, her son chronicles her courageous struggles as a refugee, first in England and postwar Germany, and then in America.Mary fought to build a new life after losing her family and homeland as she bravely coped with bipolar disorder and the inequities related to social status and gender.Her own words and the memories of those who loved her are part of the story. They add to our understanding of the diverse and complex problems faced by Holocaust survivors and their descendants.