No Past Tense : Love and Survival in the Shadow of the Holocaust Family history Authored by Bram Presser

Authored by Bram Presser

the unique structure of No Past Tense provides a distinctive ‘whole life’ view of the Holocaust

Memory may be distorted

on the banks of the Ostravice river in the valley of the River Oder

No Past Tense : Love and Survival in the Shadow of the Holocaust Family history Authored by Bram PresserAuthored by D. Z. Stone, No Past Tense is the biography of Katarina (Kati) Kellner and William (Willi) Salcer, two Czech Jews who as teenagers were swept up by the Holocaust in Hungary and survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen, respectively. Covering their entire lives, weaving in first person real time voices as if watching a documentary about themselves, the unique structure of No Past Tense provides a distinctive whole life view of the Holocaust.