The Memory Keeper : A Journey into the Past to Unearth Family Secrets

Author: Jackie Kohnstamm

c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)

Published on 7 March 2024 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 320 pages, integrated B&W photos throughout
197 x 129 x 23mm | 232g

Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt - where they will starve to death.

Decades later, in London and on a whim, their granddaughter, Jackie googles their names to find two commemorative stones recently placed outside their old home. The discovery compels her to open a long-closed cupboard of haunting family papers, piece together the story of the family she never knew and find her place in it.

With searing prose and meticulous detective work, Jackie Kohnstamm offers a gripping and poignant portrait of an ordinary family and reveals a remarkable story of loss, discovery and memory.