"Growing up.the Holocaust seemed like ancient history because my dad never spoke about it," Kupfer said. All he knew was, his grandfather died in a camp.
Roslyn Bernstein visited Jerusalem as a teenager in 1961, while the news of the Adolf Eichmann trial was still crackling over the radio waves. While the trip made an impression, it took her more than 6 decades to write her story based on the experience.
After her father's death, Suzette Sheft realized the importance of recording family history, and passes the lesson on with surreal nonfiction work 'Running for Shelter,' out Nov. 9