Letters of Stone: From Nazi Germany to South Africa

Synopsis

Letters Of Stone Tracks Steven's Journey Of Discovery About The Lives And Fates Of The Robinski Family, In Southern Africa, Berlin, Riga And Auschwitz. It Also Explores The Worldwide Rise Of Eugenics And Racial Science Before The War, Which Justified The Murder Of Jews By The Nazis And Caused South Africa And Other Countries To Close Their Doors To Jewish Refugees. Most Of All, This Book Is A ... Reconstruction Of A Family Trapped In An Increasingly Terrifying And Deadly Nazi State, And Of The Immense Pressure On Steven's Father, In Faraway South Africa, Which Forced Him To Retreat Into Silence.--back Cover. The Robinski Family Tree -- The Grün Berg Family Tree -- 1. The Photograph -- 2. White Noise In The Suburbs -- 3. Breaking The Silence -- 4. My Father's Flight From Hell -- 5. My Eyes Open -- 6. Stumbling Stones -- 7. In Seatrch Of Eugen Robinski -- 8. Letter From Berlin -- 9. Artur's Escape -- 10. The Noose Tightens -- 11. The Boomerang -- 12. Edith's World -- 13. Cecilie's Burden -- 14. The Scientific Pathways To Destruction -- 15. The Tragedy Of Triage -- 16. Doors Slam Shut -- 17. The Photo Album -- 18. War -- 19. Underground -- 20. Riga -- 21. Auschwitz -- 22. Finding My Father -- 23. Fischer's Footprint, Again -- 24. Optimism And Despair Steven Robins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.