Jan. 27, 2026

Awakening to discover that his mother was a Schindler’s List Holocaust Survivor - with Robert Don.

Robert Don’s memoir explores what he knows of his mother’s teenage life as a Schindler’s List survivor. The book also confronts Intergenerational Trauma (“Second Generation) and holocaust survivor trauma, manifested in hatred as a form of racism—how it can begin, what it can do to us and how we can reconcile even amidst the reach of darkness. Rob had a second awakening when his mother made Shimmas (meaning peace in Yiddish) with his German stepmother whom she hated, when his stepmom became his Mom’s primary caretaker on his Mom’s death bed, Rob believes that intergenerational trauma due to the holocaust may impacts of millions of people and that we can't change behavior unless we have an awareness of the behavior. everyday to want the following. He says "That What Brings Us Together Can Overcome What Pulls Us Apart."