"This memoir was written to inform my children, grandchildren, and anyone else who might be interested, about my recollections as a Jewish child in fascist Europe.
Can we make a better future by learning about the past?.
This is Ruth Lindemann \'s story, but it is the story of all of us. ( We Chose Survival ) is a personal, first-hand revelation of an atrocious era in the history of our country and the world.
The paranoia and suspicion escalated as America was swept into the war following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Being refugees from Austria, Ruth\'s family was treated more and more as the enemy by schoolchildren and their parents.
Ruth and her parents were knocked down figuratively and literally as Jewish immigrants. did not end the prejudice, the persecution, or the pain.
But the move to the U.
S.
Ruth, her mother and her father found refuge in the United States and made several moves across the continent before settling in Oregon.
Which resulted in the destruction of Jewish life and culture.
In her earliest memories, Ruth had lived in Austria, a country torn apart by social injustice and, eventually, the annexation to Germany.
I also want to relate the experiences I had during my first ten years in the United States of America." Thus, Ruth Lindemann prefaces her book, ( We Chose Survival .) Chapter by chapter, Lindemann does just that. "This memoir was written to inform my children, grandchildren, and anyone else who might be interested, about my recollections as a Jewish child in fascist Europe
