In Mamaleh: A Lega­cy of Loss and Love, Elaine Cul­bert­son has cre­at­ed a new kind of Holo­caust sur­vivor sto­ry. It is a mem­oir that com­bines both her moth­er, Dora Freilich’s, per­son­al rec­ol­lec­tions of her life as a sur­vivor, as well as Elaine’s reflec­tions on grow­ing up in a fam­i­ly that had expe­ri­enced the trau­ma of the Holo­caust. Dora’s sur­vival of two full years in Auschwitz was indeed a mir­a­cle, but her beau­ti­ful­ly expressed mem­o­ries of that time as well as the life that she and her hus­band built in Amer­i­ca, are mir­a­cles as well. Star­tling, some­times fun­ny, but always poignant, the book will immerse the read­er in the chal­lenges of sur­vival, immi­gra­tion, and assim­i­la­tion as told by a moth­er and daugh­ter who came from two dif­fer­ent worlds but who forged a rela­tion­ship based on love and respect.