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William Tannenzapf never wavers in his determination to survive and save his wife and baby girl from the evil gripping his hometown of Stanislawow. Blond, cherubic, Renate Krakauer was a miracle baby, born as the world descended into war and soon surrounded by misery and death. Starving and enslaved, Tannenzapf entrusts his daughter to a Polish family so that little Renate can live in childhood oblivion--yet still under the eyes of her loving parents. Later reunited and thrown into the trials of refugee and immigrant life, Krakauer's thoughtful observations provide fascinating insight into the perceptions of a child survivor and offer a poignant counterpoint to Tannenzapf's adult reflections on the same events. This gripping volume offers the reader the rare opportunity to read survival stories from two members of the same family.

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William Tannenzapf was born in Stanislawow, Poland in 1911 and his daughter, Renate, was born in the midst of occupation in March 1941. After the war, the family made their way to a Displaced Persons camp in Germany before they immigrated to Canada in 1948. The Tannenzapfs first lived in Montreal and then moved to Hamilton, where William Tannenzapf worked for the Westinghouse Electric Company, inventing several new technologies. Renate Krakauer obtained a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, a Masters of Environmental Studies, and a doctorate in education. She has worked in the fields of pharmacy, education, and human resources, and was president and CEO of the Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences. She lives in Toronto with her husband and has written and published numerous short stories and essays.

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