“Memory for most is a kind of afterlife; for my mother, it is another form of life.” — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
“The past is a presence between us. In all my mother does and says, the past continually discloses itself in the smallest ways. She sees it directly; I see its shadow. Still, it pulses in my fingertips, feeds on my… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
“Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themselves. They know what they did or… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
“Memory for most is a kind of afterlife; for my mother, it is another form of life.” — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
“The living take a part of the dead with them, carrying them around in their minds, like a song that lingers after the music… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
“The past is a presence between us. In all my mother does and says, the past continually discloses itself in the smallest ways. She… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
