"This anthology contains separate memoirs - poems, literary pieces, diaries - by twenty different Jewish women that describe their persecution under the Nazi regime during World War II. Separated into four sections - women who survived in hiding, by passing, in the camps and in the Soviet Union - this powerful anthology is united by the common themes of resistance and resilience. Each section is preceded by a foreword by editor Myrna Goldenberg. The women are from various cities, towns and villages in Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Soviet Union, and all immigrated to Canada after the war."-- Provided by publisher.

"Let their memory live forever" / Ifa Demon -- Hiding. Each day could be our last : Irena's wartime diary / Irena Peritz -- A beacon of light / Eva Kuper -- Hidden by hope / Magda Sebestian -- In memoriam / Bianka Kraszewski -- Passing. The depth of decency / Helen Mahut -- Mewa (seagull) / Dyna Perelmuter -- Life lines / Barbara Kuper -- The forces of endurance / Irene Zoberman -- Camps. "Auschwitz" / Fela Yoskovitz-Ross -- To live in freedom : excerpts from Catherine Matyas's diary / Catherine Matyas -- Sometimes I can dream again / Suzanne (Katz) Reich -- If the world had only acted sooner / Rebekah (Relli) Schmerler-Katz -- With great pride / Fela Zylberstajn Grachnik -- Living every minute / Babey Widutschinsky Trepman -- To my daughters / Ida Dimant -- Soviet Union. My life in the Gulag / Mina Wolkowicz -- In the inferno : the Dead Loop Concentration Camp / Svetlana Kogan-Rabinovich -- I have survived it all / Gitlia Popovsky -- A letter from the Ukraine / Koine Schachter Rogel.