suzanne taube reflects experiences that go far beyond what we feature in this volume and addressed infuture volumes in the series. born in a town of thuringia she was deported from berlin to the league of althea in 1942 with her grandmother, mother and sister. her grandmother was killed in the forest and in 1943 season, her mother and sister were taken to the guys about concentration camp dearly to and were deported to shoot off concentration camp in august 1944. her sister died in shootouts, and her mother. after the probation in march 1945, she would've to pull in wishing that her future husband from large was also a survivor at the museum. this would not have been possible without our volunteer readers. it is also a first in that it features holocaust documents, many written by jews who did not survive, publicly presented here at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum by holocaust survivors. their voices experiences and memories will provide, we hope, a special kind of resonance for the documents you will here read today. there is more in the book, which has the same goal as this event

and this extract from his diary is red by suzanne taube. >> march 31, 1937, the most beautiful thing here you can get into it over and over again for the young people who have built up everything. we slept very well last night and attend. it was even a little but romantic. i have not slept that way since the war. april 14 [inaudible] the holy city, emerged in your glory, under the roof of the synagogue i sat and talked to -- a lot of people here survived in the jewish something so that they can conduct their pious lifestyle. and then we went to the failing world. soon we were secured by police again on soil pass the police force and i remember him always in my life to set in front of this for rich and comfortable idea seven chad. by the stones speak of our history and we said the son and they explained some of [inaudible] it was hard for me to say goodbye. april 24, 1937, by accident we ended up in the eastern synagogue. tony was the woman. polished shoes played with the accident. very dignified figures. you have the impression that people are really brave, even so far as the backgro