The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II

Michael Rosen recounts his adult search for six great-aunts and great-uncles who were living in France or Poland when World War II began. Raised in England after the war, he knew little because his father rarely discussed them. Rosen starts with stories from relatives in the United States and follows letters sent during the war by a French great-uncle. Research and travel gradually reveal the route that led his French relatives to Auschwitz and death. Tracing the Polish branch proves harder, although one relative survived the war.