Essays describe Sabina Callwood's experience during the Holocaust and being separated from her family.

Essays by Tom Figueras give details about his brother, Ladizlav or "Laci," who was a prodigy violin player in Germany during the Holocaust, and eventually ended up in a sub-camp of Buchenwald and then in Bergen-Belsen where he perished. Figueras survived the Holocaust, but his parents did not. He came to the United States in 1960 and became a marketing manager for a telecommunications company.

Essays by Tamas Foldes describe a series of events he and his family endured and survived the Holocaust.

Essay about Eveylen Goldstein and her family as Jewish refugees in Shanghai, China.

Martin Kohn describes being taken to a concentration camp and being separated from his family. He was later moved to several other camps and eventually liberated in 1945.

Alexander Kuechel describes the events leading up to Kristallnacht in 1938, being the sole survivor of his family, enduring seven concentration camps.

Essays describe William Lebovic's experience as a part of a civilian work force, from which he escaped into hiding.