title: Dancing Through Darkness: The Inspiring Story of Nazi Death Camp Survivors, Chaim and Selma Engel
author:  Ann Markham Walsh 
description: At 89, Saartje is no longer able to travel and speak as much as she would like, but by sharing her memories, her diary and their love letters in Dancing Through Darkness, she continues to honor Chaim and their love of 60 years. She also speaks for those whose voices were silenced forever.
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  THE LIFELINE
   
   
  Deb orah Swif t
   
  
  F or P hil,
  artist, boat builder, theatre designer and all-round good dad
  
  Tab le of  Contents
   
  CHAPTER 1
  CHAPTER 2
  CHAPTER 3
  CHAPTER 4
  CHAPTER 5
  CHAPTER 6
  CHAPTER 7
  CHAPTER 8
  CHAPTER 9
  CHAPTER 10
  CHAPTER 11
  CHAPTER 12
  CHAPTER 13
  CHAPTER 14
  CHAPTER 15
  CHAPTER 16
  CHAPTER 17
  CHAPTER 18
  CHAPTER 19
  CHAPTER 20
  CHAPTER 21
  CHAPTER 22
  CHAPTER 23
  CHAPTER 24
  CHAPTER 25
  CHAPTER 26
  
  CHAPTER 27
  CHAPTER 28
  CHAPTER 29
  CHAPTER 30
  CHAPTER 31
  CHAPTER 32
  CHAPTER 33
  CHAPTER 34
  CHAPTER 35
  HEAR MORE FROM DEBORAH
  A NOTE TO THE READER
  HISTORICAL NOTES
  ALSO BY  DEBORAH SWIFT
  
   
  ‘We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned,
  so as to have the life that is waiting for us.’
  E. M. Forster
   
  
   
  CHAP TER 1
   
  Nazi-occupied Norway
  January, 1942
   
  Astrid skied rapidly downhill, heart pumping. It was a risk coming all
  this way alone, where there was always the possibility she might
  meet up with some Germans. If she was perfectly honest, it terrified
  her. A woman on her 