We Used to Dream of Freedom
A Memoir of Family, the Holocaust, and the Stories We Don't Tell
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Sam Chaiton- A post-memory Holocaust memoir about coming of age as children of a Holocaust survivors, and surrounded by a community of displaced survivors of Holocaust, yet never told about their parents' wartime experiences
- A second-generation survivor's reflection on the long reach of the Holocaust on families and communities
- Reflects on author's own trauma responses, such as disconnecting from family for decades, and on the role of chosen and blood family
- Author is a social justice activist who worked tirelessly to get Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter justice after he was wrongfully convicted of murder, and wrote the bestselling book Lazarus and the Hurricane to document the experience
- Author residence: Toronto
Publication
2024
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dundurn Press
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