Memoir
In Vilna, where thousands were murdered, I learned how difficult it is to mourn an absence
Visiting Vilna, Lithuania’s vanished center of Jewish life
My father, the shoemaker
It was a miracle my father wasn’t beaten up by his peasant customers, since after any heavy rain, the boots could fall apart.
My father’s last words
Allan Gerson’s legacy to his son David
Why do we keep turning Holocaust survivor stories into self-help books?
“If you look at the Holocaust without that triumphant, redemptive story arc, you have to grapple with the randomness of what happens to people.”
Bringing my memoir from page to stage
I have always loved theatre. My 70s is not too late to start.
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