Not to Be Forgotten

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, by Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer tells the story behind the British rescue of over 10,000 children from the Holocaust. Oppenheimer’s mother was one of those children. After a summary of the events leading up to and during this massive rescue, witnesses tell their own heart-rending stories. These personal stories grip us in ways that reporting it second-hand could never do.

You may be compelled to tell your own story, so that important events will not be forgotten by those who come after you. If the account is about something that affected a wide area or many people, or if it resonates with enough people (and if it is superbly written), a publisher might be interested in it.

Stories about 9/11 and stories by victims of Hurricane Katrina or other disasters help us understand the human condition and the resiliency of spirit. There are even organizations that gather stories of veterans, such as the Veterans History Project (http://www.loc.gov/vets).

Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours?

Anita C. Lee, instructor for “Your Life, Your Story”
www.AnitaCLee.com
Personal Life Coach, Speaker, Writer
“Encouraging You to Be the Person You Were Created to Be”