"Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on the Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. Because he survived, Eddie made the vow to smile every day. He pays...

Helene Elias--born Helene Frank, sister to Otto Frank, and therefore aunt to Anne Frank--left behind upon her death the documented legacy of the Frank family: a vast collection of photos, letters, drawings, poems, and postcards preserved throughout decades--a cache of more than 6,000 documents in all.--