In Memory of Gerda Katz, my mom’s best friend on the ship in 1938
By fern | blog, General, Immigration, Is It Night Or Day?, Motherland, On Germany, On Writing
Five years ago today, my mother's best friend passed away. The two met on the ship in 1938 as they fled Nazi Germany to America. In 2011, eighth-graders reunited the two friends after a 72-year separation. The first time Gerda and Edith "talked," they said hello and then sobbed together. No words were necessary. Each felt the other was the only person who understood their deep uprooting and unbearable losses. ...