Books
These are the collected memoirs of the survivors of the Parysow Ghetto, documenting the history of the Jewish shtetl and its obliteration. It is the founding book of The Parysow Project, an initiative to translate the over 2,000 memorial books from their original Yiddish, to preserve the memory of the Holocaust for posterity.
It is a cornerstone of the foundation of Holocaust remembrance in the 21st century, and a touching glimpse of the remarkable vibrancy, warmth and spiritual richness of life in the shtetl. These are the stories of 600 lives lost, among 6 million.
CHILDHOOD LOST
Childhood Lost is the autobiography of a survivor of the Parysow Ghetto during the Holocaust. With the help of Jews and gentiles, Abraham Gutrejman, together with his brother Yankel, escape and persevere to establish a family of their own, on a journey that takes them from postwar Polish wastelands to the rainforests of Costa Rica. This horrifying but heartwarming and reaffirming tale of resilience and will to survive is a significant contribution to the history of Poland’s Jews.