If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died: A Memoir

The Holocaust and its aftermath were not often discussed in families of second-generation survivors. In Tel Aviv of the 1960s, Emanuel Rosen grew up hearing the staccato of his mother's typewriter, but had no idea about the battle she was fighting. This changed years later, when he found a box with letters that his grandparents had sent from a tragic 1956 trip to Germany and he decided to retrace their journey.

This book braids the stories of three generations-grandparents, daughter, and gra...