A Leaf in the Wind

In May of 1939 Ruth Schwarz, a young woman of 19, left her family in Berlin and alone boarded a ship for England. Germany was no longer safe for Jews. Ruth was lucky to get out; her family remained behind, firm in the belief that the difficulties with Hitler at the helm of the Nazi government would blow over and the Germany they knew to be decent and cultured would prevail.

Little did Ruth know that she would never see her family again.

So began a ten-year odyssey that would take Ruth around ...