CONTENTSPROLOGUEKOVNA, LITHUANIA, JUNE 1941BEFORE THE WARFROM KOVNA GHETTO TO STUTTHOF CONCENTRATION CAMPFROM EUROPE TO PALESTINE: 1945-1947KIBBUTZ GIVAT BRENNER 1947-EPILOGUE NOTESABOUT THE AUTHORSKIND REVIEW REQUESTSUGGESTED FURTHER READINGAMSTERDAM PUBLISHERS HOLOCAUST LIBRARYBarely twenty years old, Luba imagines a promising future in Kovna, Lithuania but her life changes inexplicably with the Nazi occupation.Barely twenty years old, Luba imagines a promising future in Kovna, Lithuania (present-day Kaunas). However, the year is 1939 and Luba is Jewish. Along with the whole Jewish community, her life changes inexplicably with the Nazi occupation. From her point of view, her “crime” is that she is Jewish and she will make her voice heard to her captors, knowing her chances of survival are slim.With candid urgency, she recounts the war years, her encounter with the commander of the camp where she is interned, and her miraculous survival against all odds.Barely twenty years old, Luba imagines a promising future in Kovna, Lithuania (present-day Kaunas). However, the year is 1939 and Luba is Jewish. Along with the whole Jewish community, her life changes inexplicably with the Nazi occupation. From her point of view, her “crime” is that she is Jewish and she will make her voice heard to her captors, knowing her chances of survival are slim.With candid urgency, she recounts the war years, her encounter with the commander of the camp where she is interned, and her miraculous survival against all odds.