Across
- 1. What the author seeks to uncover about what happened to the only survivor of her family.
- 4. Someone who observed and can recount events. Many of the Polish people from the authors family’s town ________ what had happened but decided to stay silenced.
- 6. Strength in facing challenges during and post Holocaust. The Polish Jews and people who went through the Holocaust had to have had ¬¬¬____
- 11. Process of making peace with the past. After not finding her cousin and much else at all the author had to have some ____________
- 12. Cultural background and history. Although Judy Rakowsky did not find her cousin Hena, she learnt a lot about her families ______.
- 14. Sense of self, impacted by historical events. The authors cousin may not have wanted to be found because after seeing her family get murdered, she may have wanted to completely abolish her Jewish _____
- 17. Act of fleeing from danger during the Holocaust. Judy Rakowsky had only one family member who managed to ______ the brutal execution of her family.
- 18. Country where the book's investigation takes place and three million Jews were killed. This countries invasion also marked the start of world war two.
- 20. Study and record of past events. The author goes through ____ in order to find out where her cousin who survived the Holocaust is.
- 21. Individuals who lived through the Holocaust. Hena, authors long lost family member, was the only one from her family to have___
- 24. Recollection of past events, a key theme. Although many of the Polish people who knew the authors family claimed to have some ____ of what happened to them they refused to share.
- 26. Process of uncovering hidden histories. The author started and ____ in order to determine what had happened to the one girl that survived her families massacre, Hena.
- 27. Lack of discussion about traumatic events. The Polish people, when asked where her cousin may be stayed in _____
- 28. Author of "Jews in the Garden."
Down
- 2. Historical event central to the book's narrative. It was the genocide of 6 million Jews all across of Europe and the rest of the world carried out by the Nazis.
- 3. Different ages affected by the Holocaust. ______ Later, Judy Rakowsky is attempting to find her long lost family who may have survived the Holocaust.
- 5. Seeking fairness for past atrocities. The author wished she could have gotten ______ for her family.
- 7. What is passed down from previous generations. Because her family was murdered, she and her great uncle are left to carry on their families _____
- 8. Jewish communities outside Israel are not there because of the______.
- 9. Personal accounts of Holocaust experiences. The author went through many of these in Poland in order to try and get someone to tell her what happened to her family.
- 10. In this book the author attempts to uncover the ______ within the Polish communities and why they wont tell her where her cousin is.
- 13. Segregated areas where Jews were forced to live. A prominent _____ mentioned in the book was the ‘Radom ______’
- 15. Capital of Poland, significant in Jewish history. The author visited here many times to go through archives which were not much help.
- 16. Rebuilding of lives post-Holocaust. Judy Rakowskys long lost cousin may have wanted this away from Judaism and everything else she knew as a child.
- 19. The town in Poland where the authors family was massacered setting the stage for the investigation in the book.
- 22. Genre of the book. A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge and sources such as archives letters ETC.
- 23. Central theme of the story. The author was trying to discover what happened to her ____ and how the Polish people were involved in the murder of her ___ and many others.
- 25. Last name of the author.