Marion Blumenthal Lazanâ??s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitlerâ??s rise to power, the Blumenthal familyâ??father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albertâ??were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive.