No Past Tense

Love and Survival in the Shadow of the Holocaust

By D.Z. Stone

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300 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: EPUB, Cloth

Cloth, $49.00 (US $49.00) (CA $73.50)

Publication Date: October 2019

ISBN 9781912676101

Rights: US & CA

Vallentine Mitchell (Oct 2019)

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Overview

A testament to love and resilience in the face of unimaginable horror. No Past Tense tells the remarkable story of Kati and Willi Salcer, Czech Jews who survived the Holocaust and rebuilt their lives with unwavering love and determination.

Swept up by the Holocaust as teenagers, Kati and Willi endured Auschwitz and Mauthausen, respectively. After liberation, they returned to a world where most Jews were gone and villagers rejected them. Defiant, Kati reclaimed her family's property, winning Willi's heart in the process. Their journey took them through post-war Europe as smugglers, illegal immigrants to Palestine, and ultimately to America, where they built a new life while grappling with the haunting past.

No Past Tense is a powerful biography that explores themes of memory, identity, and the enduring strength of the human spirit. This book is for readers interested in:

Holocaust history and survivor stories
Biographies of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances
Inspirational tales of love, resilience, and rebuilding after trauma

Reviews

From prewar Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz and Mauthausen, and from pre-State Israel to New York City, the journey of Willi and Kati Salcer is an unforgettable testimony of resiliency and reinvention. Once I began reading, I could not put this book down, and details of the Salcers’ journeys will stay with me for a long time. No Past Tense deserves a place on the bookshelf with classic Holocaust memoirs. Amy Gottlieb, author, The Beautiful Possible

Author Biography

D.Z. Stone is a journalist with academic training in cultural anthropology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and Newsday.

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