Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey

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Pub Date 01 Oct 2019 | Archive Date 18 May 2022
Fernwood Publishing | Roseway Publishing

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Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis on a farm in rural France. Alone after the war, she lived in progressive-run orphanages, where she gained a belief in peace and brotherhood. Adoption by a New York family led to a tumultuous youth haunted by domestic conflict, fear of nuclear war and anti-communist repression, consignment to a detention home and magical steps toward relinking with her origins in Europe.

At age seventeen, Suzanne became a lifelong social activist, engaged in student radicalization, the Cuban Revolution, and movements for Black Power, women’s liberation, peace in Vietnam and freedom for Palestine. Now nearing eighty, Suzanne tells how the ties of friendship, solidarity and resistance that saved her as a child speak to the needs of our planet today.

Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the...


Advance Praise

"Suzanne Berliner Weiss offers a page-turning narrative about her remarkable life of survival, resistance and solidarity. Hidden as a Jewish child from the Nazi regime of Vichy France, Suzanne shares her childhood journey from fascism in Europe to adoption in an American home in Cold War USA. Motivated by an unstoppable drive and experience of consistently standing with the oppressed – from Cuba to Vietnam to Palestine, from women’s liberation to Black power to environmental justice – Suzanne returns decades later to the town that protected her as a child. For everyone who wants to change the world, please, read this book." 

— Abigail B. Bakan, University of Toronto

"Suzanne Berliner Weiss offers a page-turning narrative about her remarkable life of survival, resistance and solidarity. Hidden as a Jewish child from the Nazi regime of Vichy France, Suzanne shares...


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This was a beautiful memoir about the athour's life. It is about choosing love instead of hate. It was a stunning memoir. I loved it.

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There are a lot of stories about what happened during the Holocaust but I have not read a lot about what happened to the people afterwards. This memoir is like sitting at Suzanne's parlor, drinking tea and listening to her tell about her story.

It is a story of many many changes, of uncertainty, of recovery, of connecting to the past, of healing and hope. It also shows that despite of her unbelief, YHWH still saw her through. But it is not a religious story at all. It is more like a diary of a young girl that was saved from concentration camps. It further traces the political developments and how it affected the people.

I would recommend this book to those who want the more realistic version of "happily ever after" ending to the horrors of the Holocaust which they try to erase from the history books in school. It was real and it happened, and it affected many lives like Suzanne's.

She is one of those who were saved by a miracle, mundane though the circumstances may have been..but a miracle nonetheless while many suffered unspeakable fates. When you meet a Holocaust survivor, love on them, bless them, for they need to feel the love of Elohim despite all that had happened.

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Fascinating and a great insight to this horror which happened all these years ago. It was well written and interesting

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An inspiring memoir about one woman's life during and after the Holocaust. The author shares her politic beliefs but also that she chooses love over hate every time. A great read. Thank you to Netgalley and Fernwood Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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3.5

Suzanne was a young child during WW2, rescued from the Nazis as a Jewish child and then bounced around foster homes before being adopted into the United States. She struggles with her identity as a holocaust survivor and activist.

She never really commits to one style of resistance or revolution, committing to many at the same time and not really being able to shout above the masses.


I think she has led an interesting life and hope that she manages to reconcile her past with her present.

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I am a huge fan of historical fiction, especially the kind that centers on World War II. When I get to read a World War II story that is actual nonfiction, it takes it to another level. I love reading true accounts from that time era. This book was special. I loved the fact that it had images from the time era as well. They make it all that much more real. The way the story is written, makes you feel as if you are watching all of this up close. I love when historical stories are told in first person. A memoir of a girl who survives the Holocaust and her life afterwards. This is a memoir that everyone should read. It’s not your typical “survival” Holocaust story. It’s unique.

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