Theresienstadt - Revisited in Memory

In October 1943, seven-year-old Jytte Bornstein and her mother were seized in Denmark’s great roundup of Jews and deported to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. For a year and a half, she endured hunger, disease, terror, and forced labor – yet also moments of compassion, resilience, and fragile hope.

This powerful memoir weaves together her 1945 childhood diary, later drawings created as an adult survivor, and vivid recollections that testify to both the brutality of Theresienstadt and the indomitable strength of those who lived through it.

Bornstein brings us from the confusion of her capture and the horrors of the camp, to liberation and the painful return home. Her account is both a deeply personal story and an enduring historical witness, ensuring that future generations cannot deny or forget.

Bornstein’s book is not only a child’s testimony of survival, but also an act of remembrance – a voice speaking for those who could not. Never Forget Us.

Theresienstadt Revisited in Memory is an invaluable resource for scholars, educators, and readers seeking to understand the Holocaust through the eyes of a child who bore witness.

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Jytte Sarah Bornstein was born in Copenhagen, in 1936. She graduated from Gymnasium in 1955, and was educated as a laboratory assistant. In 1980, she graduated from Teachers’ Seminary and taught for several years until she had to retire, due to a diagnosed KZ-syndrome.

Publisher:

Mazo Publishers

Pages:

227

Date Published:

04\12\2025