My Mother’s War: A Holocaust Survivor’s Tribute to an Extraordinary Woman by Michael Fryd

Buy this book at Amazon or for Kindle or at Bookshop

My Mother’s War is a gripping memoir about one woman’s unflinching courage and cunning in the face of horrific evil.

This compelling true story follows author and Holocaust survivor Michael Fryd’s larger-than-life mother who outsmarted the Nazis and saved her family.

Michael Fryd was only three years old when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II and one of humanity’s darkest chapters. Forced to leave their home and everything they knew, Fryd’s mother went to near impossible lengths to keep her family safe from Hitler’s clutches, including crafting clever lies, dealing in the black market, and even flirting with the enemy.

“Each Jew who survived the Holocaust represented a victory,” writes Fryd, who details his familiy’s daring escape through the killing fields of Poland, to Paris, and finally to New York.

Year first published: 2023