Much of what Eliach has written is informative and valuable. Unfortunately, the events surrounding the 2nd World War are not correctly depicted by her. She would have the reader believe that her family was killed by Polish guerillas because they were Jewish. However, there were other Jews living in the same region which were not harmed at all. It can be demonstrated that her parents had supported the Soviet invaders against the local Poles, and that is the reason why the Polish guerillas eliminated most of her family. The death of children is an unfortunate fact of war: How many Polish children froze to death on their way to Siberia after being deported there?