 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Evelyn Torton akaberekerwa mumhuri yechiJudha muVienna, kuAustria. Max Torton, baba vake, vakabva kuBuchach, taundi duku iro panguva iyoyo raizodai rakaonekwa sePolish. Kubvira muna 1944yave iri muWestern Ukraine. Amai vake, vakazvarwa Irma Lichtmann, vaibva kuVienna. Zvematongerwe enyika muAustria zvakawedzera kupesana mukati mema1930, uye panguva yakazvarwa Evelyn nyika yakava hutongi hwebato rimwe chete. Hurumende yeAustria yakava pasi pesimba reGermany. Kutevera kubatanidzwa kweAustria muGermany yakawedzerwa muna March 1938 kushora vaJudha kwakava chinhu chikuru chemitemo yehurumende: muna 1938 Max Torton akasungwa ndokuendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weDachau. Vamwe vose vomumhuri vakamanikidzwa kusiya imba yavo muVienna ndokutamira kughetto. Ikoko vaigara nedzimwe mhuri mufurati raiva nedzimba dzakawanda. Pakazosvika 1939 Max Torton akanga aendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weBuchenwald, uye ipapo akasunungurwa mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kutongova akajeka. Gore iroro Evelyn ane makore matanhatu okukura, pamwe chete navabereki vake nomunununa wake Edgar, vakatizira kuItaly uko mhuri yakagara kwemwedzi mishomanene muMilan. Kwakanga kuchingobvira kuwana mavhiza mana bedzi, uye vaifanira kusiya ambuya vaEvelyn vokubereka, avo vakanga vagara vachigara nemhuri yacho, muVienna. Gare gare aizodzingwa nevakuru veNazi ndokuurawa. Panguva yaakasvika muNew York navabereki vake muna June 1940 akanga ava namakore manomwe. Baba vake vakamuudza kuti ngarava yavo ndiyo yakanga yapedzisira kubvumidzwa kubva kuItaly ichienda kuUnited States. Munununa wake Edgar akanga aramba ari muEurope, asi aizopona kuurayiwa kwevaJudha uye aizotamira kuNew York pashure pehondo. 