Irene's memoir is a poignant message against hate and a reminder of the positive impact one person can make when they decide to be more than a bystander. At 13 years old, Irene found her voice silenced when the Dutch policed knocked on her door and forced her family onto trains headed for Nazi-controlled camps and eventually Bergen-Belsen. There she would befriend fellow prisoner Anne Frank. Irene's family, by a miracle, would escape, but at a steep cost. Her memoir is the story of a young girl and her family who survived the Holocaust and how they would come to terms with the horrific events they endured through empathy and love.

About the Author

Irene Butter grew up as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Europe, where she survived two concentration camps before coming to the United States in 1945. Since the 1980s, she has been teaching others about the Holocaust and the lessons she learned surviving those traumatic years. Irene co-founded an Arab-Jewish women's dialog group and the Raoul Wallenberg Medal & Lecture series at the University of Michigan. She is a Fulbright Scholar and has been awarded multiple awards due to her humanitarian efforts.