A Tribute to Mom, We Survived Together

About the Book

I am no hero, yet I’d like to share my lifetime experiences. Through this book and presentations, I hope to affect as many people as possible. Being a Holocaust survivor, I’ve witnessed outlandishly inhuman behavior. By helping others to understand the past as well as the importance of education, awareness, appreciation, and support of human rights, I hope we can all say, “Never again!” It’s difficult for me to write about the past. Some people don’t realize how hard it is for me to tell my story. I usually joke around—that’s the way I am. It’s the way I relax, because painful memories are always there. When the war broke out on September 1, 1939, I was only two years old. Consequently, I needed to depend upon my mom’s recollections for many of the details provided in this memoir. Some of the events were so traumatic that even though I was a child then they’ve engraved themselves on my consciousness.

About the Author

Sam Rind has practiced opticianry for sixty years. He has an AAS in optical technology from Erie Community College. Sam and his wife, Gabriela, are parents to two adult children and two grandchildren. Sam and Gabriela live in Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, New York