One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor's Lost Identity
with Amy Fish
When: Wednesday, April 8, 7:00pm ET
Where: Zoom only
Summary:
Author Amy Fish will join us for a talk about her recent book, One in Six Million, which is both a moving Holocaust narrative and an exploration of the power of genealogical research to connect people and reveal hidden histories.
Maria was eight months old in 1942 when a childless couple found her, wrapped in a blanket, at the side of a road near Krosno, Poland. A note pinned to the blanket stated only her first name and her date of birth. The couple picked up Maria and raised her, but she grew up longing for identity and connection. Who was she, and what had happened to her family?
Years later, Maria’s story came to the attention of Stanley Diamond. Diamond was the founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, one of the largest databases of Jewish vital records and a crucial tool in researching the stories of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
In this engrossing story, Amy Fish shows how Diamond and an intrepid band of international volunteers compared photographs with genealogical records and smuggled DNA tests to provide Maria with family ties that she thought were lost to her forever. This is a tale of unexpected coincidences, astonishing revelations, more than a little luck, and identity lost — and found.
Presenter:
Amy Fish is a born storyteller with a sense of humor. She is the author of three books of non-fiction: The Art of Complaining Effectively; I Wanted Fries with That; and One in Six Million. Amy graduated with an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction in 2023. She lives in Montreal where she works as the Ombudsperson at Concordia University.
Registration:
This event is free for members and non-members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. Registration is required by Tuesday, April 7th. The Zoom link will be distributed upon registration and again closer to the meeting date. Please direct any questions to Jane Rothstein at president@jgscleveland.org.
