Contents1.Just Us2.Wlodawa Through The Ages 3.The Grunhaus Family4.The Lederman Family5.The Bug River, Silent Witness6.A Cosmopolitan Jew7.Life Disrupted8.In Constant Peril9.Fear, Death, And Destruction (Alexandra's Story)10.The Survival Instinct (Hil's Story)11.The Road Taken12.Crucial Decisions13.Venezuela: A New Life14.Return To PolandAppendicesAcknowledgmentsGlossaryNotesSourcesAbout The AuthorAmsterdam Publishers Holocaust LibraryDuring WWII, German forces invade a Polish shtetl, and the lives of Hil and Alexandra unravel. Survival becomes a battle, involving ghettos, roundups, hiding, and adopting false identities.When the Germans march into their little Polish shtetl at the start of the Second World War, the Jews of Włodawa see their lives abruptly torn apart. For Hil and Alexandra it marks the beginning of a struggle to survive during which they will experience ghettos, roundups, will need to use hiding places and false identities – a struggle where the line between life and death will depend on every small decision made along the way.With the destruction of Polish Jewry as a backdrop, Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman tells us the remarkable tale of her parents’ journey through the dark years of Europe at war, to safety and finally a new life in Venezuela.When the Germans march into their little Polish shtetl at the start of the Second World War, the Jews of Włodawa see their lives abruptly torn apart. For Hil and Alexandra it marks the beginning of a struggle to survive during which they will experience ghettos, roundups, will need to use hiding places and false identities – a struggle where the line between life and death will depend on every small decision made along the way.With the destruction of Polish Jewry as a backdrop, Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman tells us the remarkable tale of her parents’ journey through the dark years of Europe at war, to safety and finally a new life in Venezuela.