{"id":600,"date":"2015-01-31T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninawolff.com\/?page_id=600"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:23:10","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_609\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_609\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=someday+you+wil+l+understand+book&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8#q=someday+you+will+understand+nina+wolff+feld\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/?attachment_id=609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Someday-You-Will-Understand1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"400,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Someday You Will Understand\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Someday You Will Understand: My Father\u2019s Private WWII is of enormous historical value, chronicling a Pre-War childhood in Europe, a harrowing escape through occupied France and ending with the importance of the impact of the Holocaust on Europe. In light of the epidemic rise in anti semitism and genocides unfolding throughout Africa and the Middle East, this timely book lends itself to the fight for Human Rights, and the prevention of genocide, anti-semitism and xenophobia. This is not only a fascinating memoir but an educational tool which should support Holocaust education globally.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Someday-You-Will-Understand1.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-609 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Someday-You-Will-Understand1-200x300.jpeg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Someday-You-Will-Understand1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Someday-You-Will-Understand1.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In light of the epidemic rise in anti semitism and genocides unfolding throughout Africa and the Middle East, this timely book lends itself to the fight for Human Rights, and the prevention of genocide, anti-semitism and xenophobia. It is of enormous historical value, chronicling a Pre-War childhood in Europe, a harrowing escape through occupied France and ending with the importance of the impact of the Holocaust on Europe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>\u201cNina Wolff Feld reimagines with thrilling verve her father\u2019s life as a fugitive from Nazi Germany who returned to Europe from the United States as a refugee soldier. Besides her giving us an act of filial devotion par excellence, we are grateful to her for so deftly filling in one more blank in the vast nightmare of World War II. She has transformed a cache of letters written by her father to his family into a goldmine of unique historic interest.\u201d&nbsp;<b>\u2014John Guare, playwright, Author of&nbsp;Six Degrees of Separation&nbsp;and&nbsp;A Free Man of Color<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cNo doubt in my mind that &#8220;Someday You Will Understand&#8221; should be a must read book for any youngster all over the world in order to have a better understanding of &nbsp;the Jewish and actually the whole civilization history and in order to remember and to see to it that such horrific atrocity as the holocaust will never happen again.\u201d &#8211;&nbsp; <b>Prof. Boaz Ganor, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy &amp; Strategy Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Founder&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Executive Director, The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT),The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhat appears at first glance as a daughter\u2019s tribute to an extraordinary father becomes a testimony to the achievement of a group of immigrants who rightfully stand with America\u2019s \u2018greatest generation.\u2019 They came from the countries ruled or occupied by the Nazi hordes and became the staunch defenders of American democracy within months. They donned the uniform of their country of asylum, fought the battles of World War II, and contributed, with gratitude, to the growth of their new country. This book tells this little-told story in a clear style, factually, yet with empathy and love.\u201d<b>\u2014Guy Stern, distinguished professor emeritus, director of the International Institute of the Righteous, Holocaust Memorial Center<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/forward.com\/the-assimilator\/203098\/my-father-the-ritchie-boy-an-interview-with-nina\/\">The Forward<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/b><\/span><b><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/08\/09\/this-weeks-must-read-books-41\/\">New York Post<\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">,<\/span><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/phoenixpatriotmagazine.com\/article\/spring15\/letters-home-world-war-ii\/\">&nbsp;Phoenix Patriot<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/nina-wolff-feld\/someday-you-will-understand\/\">Kirkus Review<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><b style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfranciscobookreview.com\/2015\/01\/someday-you-will-understand-my-fathers-private-world-war-ii\/\">San Francisco Book Review<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1040\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1040\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ninawolff.com\/?attachment_id=1040\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/?attachment_id=1040\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1040 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16299346_10155107462913274_7695469597016161648_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author Nina Wolff Feld with Mehnaz M. Afridi, Director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, discussing her book at the United Nations on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>\u201c\u2026 l&#8217;id\u00e9e d&#8217;une version en fran\u00e7ais de votre livre fait son chemin.\u2026\u00e0 porter plus loin la remarquable histoire de ton p\u00e8re &#8211; un h\u00e9ros et un humanitaire avant la lettre.\u201d &#8211;&nbsp;<b>Adama Dieng, Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint,Conseiller Sp\u00e9cial du Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Nations Unies pour la pr\u00e9vention du g\u00e9nocide&nbsp;<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cVotre engagement personnel et l\u2019histoire extraordinaire de votre p\u00e8re sont profond\u00e9ment \u00e9mouvants. Quelle histoire! Quel courage! Et quelle source d\u2019inspiration! J\u2019esp\u00e8re aussi que votre merveilleux livre pourra \u00eatre traduit en fran\u00e7ais.\u201d&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;<b>Ambassadeur Fran\u00e7ois Delattre, Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the United Nations and Head of the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhat appears at first glance as a daughter\u2019s tribute to an extraordinary father becomes a testimony to the achievement of a group of immigrants who rightfully stand with America\u2019s \u2018greatest generation.\u2019 They came from the countries ruled or occupied by the Nazi hordes and became the staunch defenders of American democracy within months. They donned the uniform of their country of asylum, fought the battles of World War II, and contributed, with gratitude, to the growth of their new country. This book tells this little-told story in a clear style, factually, yet with empathy and love.\u201d<b>\u2014Guy Stern, distinguished professor emeritus, director of the International Institute of the Righteous, Holocaust Memorial Center<\/b><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1041\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1041\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/?attachment_id=1041\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1041 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ninawolff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16114769_10211986577285501_1088559437205531656_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book Placement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;\u201cNina Wolff Feld tells the compelling story of a family&#8217;s truly dramatic, last-minute escape through France and Spain from the clutches of the Nazis and of her father\u2019s return as an American GI after 1945 to interrogate suspected perpetrators. Richly illustrated, this book will captivate anyone interested in the European catastrophe of the 1940s.\u201d<b>&nbsp;\u2014V. R. Berghahn, Seth Low Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia University<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cA daughter\u2019s compelling account of her father\u2019s wartime journey a sensitive exploration of a family\u2019s hidden history.\u201d&nbsp;<b>\u2014Anne Nelson, Author of&nbsp;Red Orchestra<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>https:&#47;&#47;www.linkedin.com\/in\/nina-wolff-35b2a751\/<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNina Wolff Feld reimagines with thrilling verve her father\u2019s life as a fugitive from Nazi Germany who returned to Europe from the United States as a refugee soldier. 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