By the age of fourteen, Hannelore had lost her home and her citizenship, when the Nazis and their collaborators worked to erase every trace of Jewish life in Germany.
A young woman who has lost everything is embraced by her adopted country, and through ingenuity, patience, and perseverance, discovers joyful ways to preserve her heritage and culture through baking..
As told through the lens of her first daughter Carolyn, this is the American immigrant story of resilience, hope, and cookies.
Her entire family had been murdered and she was the only one to survive the Holocaust.
From 1941 to 1945 she was a captive, moved around through five concentration camps and prisoner ghettos, until she was finally liberated by an American soldier.
By the age of fourteen, Hannelore had lost her home and her citizenship, when the Nazis and their collaborators worked to erase every trace of Jewish life in Germany
