My father was actually an owner of a grocery store. But he was most of the time busy with communal activities.  I felt not angry. I could never be angry with my father. I felt deprived. He was so busy with other peoples' destinies that I felt I also deserved his attention. When he was arrested he spent many weeks. I know he was tortured. My father and I we became very very close inside the camps.

Why didn't you fill in the "Pages of Testimony" until now?"

Because I have written about it myself and felt why should I felt why should I condense what I have to say in a few books in one page. And therefore I feld it wasn't needed, but now I was persuaded by Avner Shalev that I have to add to my work that page as well.  And these pages are very important. Because they are very meaningful. What do we believe in? We believe in names.  Therefore we have the same names actually. Usually we have my grandfather's name and my son has my father's name. So a few names actually. And every name has a story. And all these stories become history.

And this is what you are doing.

Today, November 22, 2004 will be a special day.  An appeal is being issued to all those who have any connection. A family connection. A personal connection with that tragedy should fill out these pages. It is important because it creates a link not only with the dead but also with the living. And I urge anyone who has access to a computer. I don't. I don't know how to use it but I know that most people have that knowledge to use that link. So if I would like to know for instance what happened to my distant cousin, I would know where to turn. And I know there are cousins that know more than I about their lives. So it would create a link within the Jewish people between families, between cities, between communities. It can only bring a heightened awareness and a deepened sense of remembrance.