Articles written by Holly Rosen Fink

Holly Rosen Fink|Jan 6, 2017

(Kveller via JTA)—The Holocaust is unthinkable. To be a witness to its horrors takes strength. My children, ages 12 and 13, are too young to grasp it, so it made sense not to bring them with me on a recent trip to Eastern Europe. Instead my mother was my travel companion. Together we would go through seven countries, walking in a daze through concentration camps and ghettos. The experience would be profound in ways I can’t explain, particularly our visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Because I am a mother. I didn’t expect to stand where 1.5 milli... Full story