Tonight, I am crying for a wonderful and heroic woman I never met. I am also crying for my friend who lost her mother and best friend. On my night stand is a music box my mother sent me and my fingers caress it and say a silent prayer relishing the special link a mother and daughter share.
Yesterday afternoon, my friend Naomi lost her mother, Edith Festinger-Litvin. Edith was a survivor and a fighter, so much so, that Naomi wrote a wonderful book about her and her family called "We Never Lost Hope". As survivor of the Holocaust and Nazi slave camps, Naomi traced her mother Edith and her family throughout World War II. In those pages you hear Edith's words and feel her spirit. Throughout, Naomi brings to life her family as they endure the horrors of deprivation and death, bigotry and bureaucracy.
I never met Edith Litvin, yet feel as if I always knew her. I admired her courage, tenacity and gregariousness. Through Naomi and her mother, Edith, I saw that greatness still existed in the places one least expected to find it. It is found within one's own breast.
Edith Festinger-Litvin touched thousands of people throughout her life and she will continue to do so on the pages of Naomi's book.
It was my pleasure to read the book and interview Naomi on my show on March 22, 2011. In honor of Edith, take a few moments to listen. Edith belongs to an era that we do well to never forget, least we repeat the mistakes and horrors. We do well to remember and honor Edith and all who walked her path.
Edith Festinger-Litvin you may be gone, but you will never be forgotten.
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Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
My Episodes - BlogTalkRadio
My Episodes - BlogTalkRadio
Listen as Naomi Litvin, the author & I discuss her book, "WE NEVER LOST HOPE, A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story".
It is a heart wrenching and true story of her parents and their story of survival during World War II. A story of bigotry, Concentration Camps, Slave Labor and DDay invasion.
Listen LIVE on Tuesday, March 23 at 2pm - 3:30pm EST. If you miss the broadcast, simply click on the player and listen at your leisure or download to iTunes or your iPod.
Listen as Naomi Litvin, the author & I discuss her book, "WE NEVER LOST HOPE, A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story".
It is a heart wrenching and true story of her parents and their story of survival during World War II. A story of bigotry, Concentration Camps, Slave Labor and DDay invasion.
Listen LIVE on Tuesday, March 23 at 2pm - 3:30pm EST. If you miss the broadcast, simply click on the player and listen at your leisure or download to iTunes or your iPod.
Monday, June 7, 2010
As WWII Vets Wither, Obama Dithers!
I searched the Internet and newspapers for any homage paid to the courageous men who invaded the Normandy Beaches on June 6, 1944. On that day over 10,000 men of the USA, England, France, Holland, Australia, Canada and many more nations paid the ultimate price of their life on those beaches and the the invasion of the inlands. I ask you, where was our Commander-in-Chief on this 65th Anniversary?
He was at a party and filming of a fake July 4th Celebration for 2010.
This was not the only reference to this debacle, more than 6 other reputable media web sites had independent reports that mirrored Andrew Breitbart's site. I ask, how many times will our President demean our most honorable and courageous men and women of this nation?
Mr. President, please give our Military their full due!
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