Bernice Fishman

A Lone Candle: Secrets Too Heavy to Bear Bernice Fishman

As you read this history of a family caught in the midst of World War II, you will shed tears, be horrified by perpetrators, and amazed by the family's resilience, tenacity and luck, as they tried to survive the harrowing world in Poland. This is a glimpse of life through a child's eyes of a typical Jewish family before, during and after the Holocaust. Bernice wanted her story published for current and future generations of the Friedenberg and Graudens families. She knew the details would be lost over the years, and the stories gone within a few generations.