{"product_id":"ruptured-lives-how-hitlers-final-solution-decimated-my-family-and-stalins-iron-curtain-tore-it-apart-9783982523408","title":"Ruptured Lives: How Hitler's Final Solution decimated my family and Stalin's Iron Curtain tore it apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuptured Lives: How Hitler's Final Solution Decimated My Family and Stalin's Iron Curtain Tore It Apart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA baby left behind. A family nearly destroyed. A daughter's search to reclaim a silenced past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hitler's Final Solution swept through Czechoslovakia, Leo's entire Jewish family was deported to Auschwitz. He was the sole survivor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, as Stalin tightened his grip on Eastern Europe, Leo escaped again, leaving behind his infant daughter. She would grow up behind the Iron Curtain, essentially orphaned, never knowing the father who had fled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Leo's younger daughter embarks on a journey to uncover the truth of her fractured family. Born in England, raised in Jamaica, and living in Germany, she pieces together a legacy shaped by genocide, exile, and silence-ultimately leading to an unexpected reconciliation between two sisters divided by war, distance, and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpanning continents and generations, \u003cem\u003eRuptured Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful true story of survival, identity, and how history can tear a family apart-and love can begin to heal it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A riveting and deeply moving memoir-not the usual Holocaust story, but something far more personal, layered, and unforgettable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Amazon reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee also\u003c\/strong\u003e: https: \/\/rupturedlives.wixsite.com\/rupturedlives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttps: \/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/1506900159\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttps: \/\/ajr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6704-AJR-Journal-July-2025-v7-WEB.pdf Pages 14 - 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jarmila Turnovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783982523408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Jarmila Turnovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284241248437,"sku":"9783982523408","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7a89366f-24fb-47ad-b7ac-5220abee85ae.jpg?v=1771990322","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruptured-lives-how-hitlers-final-solution-decimated-my-family-and-stalins-iron-curtain-tore-it-apart-9783982523408","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}