Preface PART I Take Back Control The Will of the People Sunshine and Clouds Changes to the Timetable Protection of German Blood A Decline in Circumstance New Year Resolution Important Letters The Kindness of Strangers A Grimm Fairy Tale Shattered Final Touches Crossing Borders Photos PART II Stranger in a Strange Land New Friends Confined Spaces Underwear and Parachutes 1Tidings of Great Joy Difficult Decisions In the Interests of Justice Happy Ever After? PART III Crossing Continents RebirthGrand Designs Love Conquers All One Step at a Time PART IV What a Coincidence! Return of Stolen Goods Loose Ends Burying the Ghosts Author’s Note Acknowledgments About the Author Amsterdam Publishers Holocaust LibraryBurying the Ghosts is based on the true story of the author’s mother who escaped Nazi territories.Germany is changing fast and the only route is out, even if you have to leave behind a troublesome motherWhen Hedda Israel escapes from Germany, her first challenge is to secure her mother’s release from a concentration camp. Still a teenager, Hedda falls for Peter Carter, an English psychiatrist engaged in war-work, and a romantic life awaits. But when awkward Alice joins her daughter in England and starts to make a little extra ‘on the side’, Hedda’s chance of love is almost certainly over.Burying the Ghosts is based on the true story of the author’s mother who escaped Nazi territories. The story spans five decades from her youth to her later years when past ghosts are finally put to rest. It explores themes of prejudice, refugees and identity, mother and daughter relationships, forgiveness and guilt. When the whole world is against you, what can daughters expect of their mothers, mothers of their daughters and lovers of each other?Germany is changing fast and the only route is out, even if you have to leave behind a troublesome motherWhen Hedda Israel escapes from Germany, her first challenge is to secure her mother’s release from a concentration camp. Still a teenager, Hedda falls for Peter Carter, an English psychiatrist engaged in war-work, and a romantic life awaits. But when awkward Alice joins her daughter in England and starts to make a little extra ‘on the side’, Hedda’s chance of love is almost certainly over.Burying the Ghosts is based on the true story of the author’s mother who escaped Nazi territories. The story spans five decades from her youth to her later years when past ghosts are finally put to rest. It explores themes of prejudice, refugees and identity, mother and daughter relationships, forgiveness and guilt. When the whole world is against you, what can daughters expect of their mothers, mothers of their daughters and lovers of each other?