Lauren Grodstein "We Must Not Think of Ourselves"

In 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw ghetto, cut off from his former life and awaiting an uncertain fate. Weeks later, he receives a surprising request: would he join a secret group of archivists preserving the truth of what is happening? Adam takes testimonies from his students, friends and neighbors. He learns their childhoods and daydreams, their passions and fears, and desperate strategies for survival. The stories form a portrait of endurance in a world where no choices are good ones.