PDF Sail Easy in Peace and War: An Autobiography by Sherman Elias Walgren in History

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The sheets of paper are as brittle as fallen leaves; the faltering handwriting changes from page to page; the words; a faded brown; are almost indecipherable. The pages are filled with recipes. Each is a memory; a fantasy; a hope for the future. Written by undernourished and starving women in the Czechoslovakian ghetto/concentration camp of Terezín (also known as Theresienstadt); the recipes give instructions for making beloved dishes in the rich; robust Czech tradition. Sometimes steps or ingredients are missing; the gaps a painful illustration of the condition and situation in which the authors lived. Reprinting the contents of the original hand-sewn copybook; In Memory's Kitchen: A Legacy from the Women of Terezín is a beautiful memorial to the brave women who defied Hitler by preserving a part of their heritage and a part of themselves. Despite the harsh conditions in the Nazis' "model" ghetto - which in reality was a way station to Auschwitz and other death camps - cultural; intellectual; and artistic life did exist within the walls of the ghetto. Like the heart-breaking book I Never Saw Another Butterfly; which contains the poetry and drawings of the children of Terezín; the handwritten cookbook is proof that the Nazis could not break the spirit of the Jewish people.