Reflection

As a young teenager in Oradea, Romania, Hedy Bohm leads a sheltered life, oblivious to the events of World War II and the Holocaust. When Nazi Germany occupies Hungary in 1944, Hedy still feels relatively safe, even when she and her parents are forced into an overcrowded ghetto and then taken away in cattle cars. It is only when Hedy arrives in Auschwitz-Birkenau that she comes face-to-face with the bewildering and devastating reality of the Holocaust. But Hedy is determined to survive and reunite with her mother. Now totally alone, she finds within herself a resourcefulness and strength she didn't know she had.

Author: Hedy Bohm
Publisher: Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.99w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781998880300

About the Author
Bohm, Hedy: -

Hedy Bohm was born in Oradea, Romania, in 1928. After the war, she married, and then immigrated to Toronto, Canada. Hedy had two children, and she and her husband owned shoe stores in downtown Toronto. Hedy is a yoga and tai chi instructor, and a Holocaust educator.

Ramsden, Rosie: -

Dr. Rosie Ramsden is a lecturer in Modern German History at Manchester Metropolitan University, a non-residential fellow of the USC Shoah Foundation 2025-2026. She has published widely on gender and queer history of the Holocaust, and her forthcoming book focuses on gender, memory and identity in women's Holocaust writing.