Why subscribe?

Holocaust Survivors are the world’s greatest testimony to what division and hate can do. They are also the greatest testimony to the power of those who choose love over hate. Antisemitism at an all time high and Holocaust education at an all time low. At a time we need them most, Holocaust Survivors are leaving this world. It is up to us to make sure their stories don’t leave with them. This small space on the internet is devoted to keeping alive the story and message of one Holocaust Survivor who when the world handed her its most irrational hate, she handed the world back her deepest love. Subscribe to this newsletter to recieve monthly emails about her story, her life’s wisdom, her love, her resilience, her joy, her recipes, (and ok fine, her skincare routine).

Who am I?

My name is Nechama Birnbaum and I am the granddaughter of the Holocaust Survivor, Rosie. But as she said, “you’re not only my granddaughter, you are my friend”. Together we wrote her story in the best-selling book, THE REDHEAD OF AUSCHWITZ. She was my best friend in the whole world and I want to share my unique perspective of growing up with her. Nechama means comfort and this publication which debuts a year since she died is designed to be a comfort.

I teach creative writing, I have a Master’s degree in science (because she told me I have to get one) and I am a wife and mom.

Who are you?

My grandmother left this world concerned of what will become of it yet hopeful because as in her words she has, “hundreds of grandchildren and thousands of followers”. She loved her readers and her Instagram community. This is a space for her community to continue the conversation and do justice to the hope she left with.