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No book of this sort can be the work of just its two authors. We had considerable help in many ways, but first we want to express our gratitude to the people who opened up their homes, gave us their time, and shared not only their personal stories but also their very hearts with us. Without their willingness to contribute to our effort to add additional details to the story of the Holocaust, there would have been no book at all. We also want to thank those who helped us find people to interview, who guided us as we imagined the shape of this work, who helped us as we traveled and did interviews both in the United States and in Poland, and who covered our research costs with their generous donations. For an important part of that funding we are particularly indebted to Ed Porter, Michael Rosenblum, David Vittor, and David and Shirley Wurth for their especially generous support. We’re also much indebted to Claudia and Jack Mandelbaum for helping us with some of our interviews in Poland. Jack served as translator for several of them. Others who donated money or helped us in other ways are included in the alphabetical listings below: Kristin and Bill Amend, Amanda and Jason Anderson, P. Ashcraft, and Severyn Ashkenazi. Carol Barnett, Michael and Nancy Barr, Irvin Belzer and Sue McCord-Belzer, Andrew Stuart Bergerson, James Bernard Jr., Magda Bielska, Howard and Elizabeth Birky,Allen and Gloria Block, Eliot S. Berkley, Bernard Brown, and Bernard and Jean Brown. Robin Carroll, Dorothy Clarke, Barton and Mary Cohen, Robert and Lynne Cohen, Congregation Ohev Sholom of Prairie Village, Kansas. Georgine Cooper, Yvonne Cordeiro, Kate Craddy and the staff of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków, and Denisse Cukierkorn. Elaine Dalgleish, Jean Daugherty, Heywood Davis, and Bob Dillon. Monika Elliott, Brad and Virginia Epsten, and Gloria Eurotas. Tasha Fabela-Jonas, Chris Fawley, Sally Firestone, Don and Laurie Fisher, Barbara and Jim Fyfe, Laurence M. Frazen, and Joyce Fulps. Ed and Susanne Garay, Barbara and J. Peter Gattermeir, John and Mary Ann Glenski, Lance and Terry Goldberg, Fran Goldschmidt, Ann and Ralph Goodrich , and Robert and Melanie Griffey. Margaret Hage, Andy and Margaret Hansen, Nicoya Helm, Barnett and Shirley Helzberg, John and Reesa Helzberg, Walter and Jean Hiersteiner, Betty and George Hoare. xi Acknowledgments xii Susan Llanes-Myers, Ira D. Perry, Linda Toyota, and others on the staff of the Holocaust Museum, Houston. Victoria J. Barnett, Ellen Blalock, Aleksandra B. Borecka, Andrew Hollinger, and others on the staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. James and Barbara Holzmark, Leonard and June Horwitz, David Hughes, Doug Hundley, and Jean Hunter. Esther Ingber, Beverly Jarrett, David and Lydia Jeter, Dr. Robert Johnson, Carolyn and Buddy Jones, and Sherman Jubelirer. The Joy Group of Northminster Presbyterian Church of Kansas City, Barbara Kaufman, Haven and Dan Kiernan, Marilyn Klaus, Mark and Judith Konikoff, Magdalena Koralewska, William B. Kort, Stephen and Marilyn Koshland, Gayle and Bruce Krigel, Krouse & Co., Bill and Susan Krusemark, Charles Kuluva, and Andrew Kureth. Karen and Peter LaFauci, Lake Quivira Community Ministry, Robert B. Langworthy, Rolland and Carolyn Larson, Hal and Annie LeMert, David and Linda Levine, Renee Lichtman and the International Conference of Holocaust Child Survivors, Robert Litan, Louis Memorial Chapel of Kansas City, and Shirley Lytle. Mark Mandelbaum, Sylvia Manko, Lisen Tammeus Mann and Richard P. Mann, Thomas Manson, Henry and Betty Jo Marder, Denny Matthews, Tom and Judy McClanahan, Chris and Larry McDonald, Karin McPhail, Mary Kay McPhee, Harold and Marilyn Melcher, Jim Melching, Howard Mick, Frank Milewski, Craig and Patty Miller, Jerry and Lauren Miller, John and Mary Ann Miller, Donald and Diane Mnookin, Clarabeth Moore, Jim Mueller, and Julia Mykovet. Dr. Mark Nanos, Mark and Mary Neustrom, and Notre Dame de Sion School. Marian Oldak, Jane and Bill Ostoff, and Steve Owens. Karen Pack, Allen and Debra Parmet, Teresa Piechota, Miriam Pepper, Laurence and Rita Poisner, Magda and Jacek Pokrzycka, David and Carol Porter, Aron Primack, Keith Purcell, and Marek Purowski. The Reed Family Foundation, William and Victoria Reisler, Joel and Diana Resnick, the Rockhill Tennis Club, Sigmund A. Rolat, Abe and Marilyn Rosenberg , James Rosenblum, Janet Rowlands, Michael and Gloria Rudd, Christopher Rutkowski, Elaine Ryder, and Barbara Rzeznik. St. Andrew Christian Church of Olathe, Kansas; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church of Kansas City; St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church of Merriam, Kansas; St. Paul School of Theology of Kansas City; Daniel and Vivien Schlozman; Rabbi Michael...

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