Memories in Focus by Pinchas Gutter - Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Collection

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  • Summary

  • Ten-year-old Pinchas is separated from his parents and twin sister when they are deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the killing site of Majdanek. As Pinchas is sent on to a series of concentration camps, he shuts himself off to the terrors surrounding him and tries his best not to be noticed, to become almost invisible. But after liberation, his photographic memory won’t let his past fade away, and Pinchas struggles to deal with nightmares and flashbacks while raising a family and trying to heal his emotional scars. As he journeys from England to France, Israel, Brazil and South Africa, Pinchas searches for belonging before finally finding his true home in Canada. A poignant reflection on suffering, injustice and trauma, Memories in Focus also offers hope and faith in the future. This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/730005/memories-in-focus-by-pinchas-gutter/9781039008489
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Episodes
  • Chapter 1 – My First Life

    Chapter 1 – My First Life
    Jan 13 2023

    The author describes his life before the Holocaust in Poland, and the history of his family.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/730005/memories-in-focus-by-pinchas-gutter/9781039008489
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    49 mins
  • Chapter 2 – Darkness

    Chapter 2 – Darkness
    Jan 13 2023

    The author discusses his experience of Poland leading up to World War II and the occupation of Poland by the Nazis. There are so many restrictions placed upon Jewish people and Pinchas, Polish-looking, has to provide for his family and venture on to the streets where being Jewish is very dangerous.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/730005/memories-in-focus-by-pinchas-gutter/9781039008489
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    25 mins
  • Chapter 3 – The Observer

    Chapter 3 – The Observer
    Jan 13 2023

    Pinchas describes life in the ghetto during the occupation of Warsaw in 1940. During this time, his father made wine to make a living, and they did what they could to help others.

    This is a three-chapter sample. For more information and to purchase the full audiobook, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/730005/memories-in-focus-by-pinchas-gutter/9781039008489
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    29 mins

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