Description

Judy Weissenberg is the mischievous and livelyyoungest child growing up in a large family inDebrecen Hungary But as the Nazis rise to powerin Europe and antiJewish laws tear her family andcommunity apart Judys joyful youth becomesmarred by fear and the hushed whispers of the adultsaround her Then in 1944 Germany occupies Hungaryand Judys world is shattered One terrifyingevent follows another and soon Judy is faced withthe incomprehensible AuschwitzBirkenau Inthe shadow of the gas chambers she clings to her sisters and camp sisters whoare her only hope of enduring the miseries that are to come

In A Cry in Unison Holocaust survivor educator and human rights activist JudyWeissenberg Cohen weaves her riveting story of survival with descriptions of thepolitical and social forces that upended her life Her voice is a powerful call to honourthe unique experiences of women in the Holocaust and to refuse to be silentin the face of injustice

Introduction byKarin Doerr