If you’re struggling to begin writing your family story, try writing by hand. Here’s why it makes starting easier and how it helps you find your first few words.
5 Reasons Why Holocaust Survivors Were Silent About the Past
For children and grandchildren of survivors, finding words for the silence is often where the family story begins.
How To Set Up Your Family Story Notebook
Prepare to write by setting up a family story notebook. It gives your project some structure and your first words a place to live.
Family Objects: A Jewish Identity Card from Nazi Germany
Allan Rayburn’s story Slice about the day his father pulled his folded card from the back of his dresser drawer after fifty years.
Life Events: Getting Out of Germany in 1939
Al Rayburn captured his father’s story of leaving Germany as a Jewish teenager in 1939.
Finding Your Family Story Writing Spot
Where you write can change what you write. Four questions to help you find the family story writing spot that feels right for you.
Life Events: Adopting Alma, a Bosnian Teenager
Al Rayburn writes his story of adopting a Muslim Bosnian teen, paying forward the kindness that helped his father survive the Holocaust.
