Kramer, president of the Holocaust Resource Foundation at Kean University, recounts her life as a frightened, hungry Jewish teenager living in Żółkiew, Poland, during the Holocaust. She and her parents were rescued by Righteous Gentiles.

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2008 by Ebury Press, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House Company"--T.p. verso.

My grandfather -- A place to hide -- The housekeeper -- A gift from Mr. Beck -- I go to the ghetto -- The final solution -- The arrival -- 18 April -- The love affair -- Days of awe and atonement -- A year underground -- Valentine's Day -- The SS move in -- We are just starting to suffer - I'm losing hope -- The exodus -- Zolkiew without mania -- The diary -- Epilogue: life goes on.