This dual mem­oir traces the col­or­ful grow­ing-up adven­tures of two sons of sur­vivors through fast-paced alter­nat­ing pas­sages. Though the Holo­caust formed the back­drop of their lives, it was only as old­er adults that Aron and Mar­ty set out to try to piece togeth­er what hap­pened to their fam­i­lies dur­ing the war — and to bear wit­ness.

For Aron, the most pow­er­ful rev­e­la­tions were con­tained in a near­ly for­got­ten mem­oir writ­ten by his uncle fifty years ear­li­er in Argenti­na. Marty’s break­through came after par­tic­i­pat­ing in a Zen Peace­mak­ers immer­sion retreat on the killing fields of Auschwitz-Birke­nau. Nav­i­gat­ing through this haunt­ed ter­rain togeth­er, the friends real­ized that the love they inher­it­ed from their par­ents tran­scends the trau­ma. Their joint mem­oir attests to a lega­cy of love against hate.