title: Why Is Great-Grandma So Sad?: Discovering the Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child
author: Susan Heagy
description: Having seen Corrie Ten-Boom s Hiding Place , and read The Diary of Anne Frank and others; I am well familiar with Holocaust stories. This book fits squarely in that genre, differing in that its target audience is children ages seven on up. I quickly add that if this were my first exposure to this unspeakable wickedness it would have been a huge psychological blow. I wept several times in this little book, and it frequently flashes through my mind now after having read it. I would only recommend it to children who have talked with their parents about these horrific crimes against the Jewish People. If you think your child is ready for this kind of exposure talk with them about this book before, during and after their reading of it. You both will learn a lot about the Holocaust. In addition to the beautiful words, the illustrations were magnificent. --Robert Carpenter, DDS, FAGD, MAGD, Lepidopterist, Nature Photographer- Kerrville, TX<br /><br />This awfull history, translated in a language for children to grasp what has really happened. --Brecht Oosting, Tour guide Corrie ten Boom House, The Netherlands<br /><br />As a journalist, during the last 5 years I am filming the stories of Holocaust Survivors here in Israel. I heard hundreds of them within this period. While reading this story I could hardly believe that it is the story that Susan wrote, and it is not someone`s personal life-story. Because I read every word of it many times in the sad eyes of Hannas, who Survived Ghetto and Concentration camps, and I saw such dolls in the hands of Sarahs, who pass the memory of their parents to future. Unfortunately, even today the Holocaust did not lost its relevance: extremism and neo-fascism still compels to remember the Holocaust. And I would like to say the words of gratitude to AHI organisation for staying with us in saving and broadcasting all over the world the live-stories of Holocaust Survivors, and personally to Susan Heagy for being able to show the pain of the whole nation in the story of one Jewish family, who went through the hell. Thanks for keeping the Memorial and saving the Names of the Holocaust Survivors! --Tamara Nersesyan Journalist, Director of TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network, Russia) Israel
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  # Advance Praise
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Holocaust did not end in 1945. What happened accompanied survivors and
  their descendants throughout their lives. _Dancing with my Father_
  
  
  is the touching story of how a father and daughter came to terms with it.
  
  
  Parents determine the family memory for decades. But children instinctively
  feel that there are gaps in their memory which are crucial for understanding
  their own identity. Parent-child relationships often have more the character
  of boxing matches, with verbal attacks and causing deep injuries.
  
  
  
  
  
  _Dancing with my Father_
  
  
  points out more the careful, cautious, respectful relationship. It also shows
  that “truth” is not immediately accessible, that you have to circle around it,
  look at it from all sides and after years finally get closer to it and each
  other. **Christian Klösch (historian and provenance researcher at Technisches
  Museum Vienna)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In _Dancing with My Father_
  
  
  , Jo Sorochinsky te