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      Here is part of what the mayor, who expected a fight, told the Community Council this week:       Stockstadt am Rhine had a relatively small Jewish community,  composed mainly of Westerfeld, Kahn, and Gutjahr families. The survivors and descendants of the Westerfelds have explicitly expressed interest and agreed to the stumbling blocks. The story of this family is well known, in part because of the ...

Here is part of the article that ran in the German newspaper, RIED ECHO, on September 12, 2013:   MUNICIPALITY PARLIAMENT Stockstädter decides to lay stumbling blocks against forgetting STOCKSTADT. The Community Council decided Tuesday that Stumbling Stones will be laid in memory of those deported during the Nazi regimes. Bürgermeister Thomas Ra Herschel (CDU) had expected a controversial discussion in April, but his the Council voted in unity. No ...

http://wgntv.com/2013/08/26/ragdale-house-a-suburban-haven-for-artists/

Square Fish Press will release a paperback edition of IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? in March, 2014. Here is a recent review of the book:   http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/NWCHE/Reviews/YAwomenreview.shtml    

My mother, who is the subject of my books and a Holocaust refugee, often accompanies me on school visits.  (This photo was taken at Morton West High School in Cicero, Illinois.)

Attending the 2013 Young Authors writing competition at Shepherd Middle School are (from left) Stephanie Bateman, Shepherd LAP teacher; Fern Schumer Chapman, author of “Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust” and “Is It Night or Day?”; Natalie-Anne Lindig, Shepherd Young Author representative; and Mary Lindig, literature and language arts teacher.

A friend produced this deeply moving documentary about the "Stolpersteine."  The Germans are installing these stones in memory of those killed in the Holocaust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeQOuQvAi8E&feature=youtu.be I just learned that some people in my mother's town, Stockstadt am Rhein, are hoping to install "Stolpersteine" to memorialize my grandparents. I, too, will go to Germany for the installation.

“intelligent, engaging, interesting learning experience…a wonderful, educational iPad book” http://crazymikesapps.com/night-or-day-ipad-book/

"...these stories of resistance, rescue, courage, ingenuity, and survival are a beacon of light amid the dark horrors of the Holocaust. They inspire today’s readers to live by Helmuth Hubener’s words in The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti: 'I don’t want to remember a time I could have done something but didn’t.'” http://www.slj.com/2013/04/books-media/collection-development/focus-on-collection-development/the-holocaust-rescue-and-resistance-focus-on-april-2013/