"SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS ARE SO POWERFUL, TOUCHING SO MANY LIVES, THAT THEY CAN NEVER BECOME MERE DUSTY FACTS ON A PAGE. THEY BECOME WOVEN INTO OUR MINDS, PERHAPS OUR VERY DNA - THE WAY PATRICIA HERSKOVIC STILL FEELS THE LOSS OF SISTERS SHE NEVER KNEW. IN TELLING THE STORY OF HER FATHER'S HOLOCAUST SURVIVAL, AND SO MANY OTHERS WHO NEVER ESCAPED, HERSKOVIC TAKES US ON A POIGNANT JOURNEY OF THE HEART. ONE OF DANGER, LOSS, ENDURANCE, AND ULTIMATELY TRIUMPH." DAVID BRIN, NY TIMES BEST - SELLING AUTHOR OF THE POSTMAN AND EARTH "HIS SURVIVAL SAVED HUNDREDS" THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER TRIBUTE "l APPLAUD YOUR [WILLIAM HERSKOVIC'S] INVALUABLE C0NTRIBUTIONS DURING ONE OF THE DARKES PERIODS OF OUR HISTORY." CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS. FROM A CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON HERSKOVIC'S SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER 2002 HONOR