This is Aiton Weinstein.

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

Eternalizing the memory of the Holocaust is a sanctified deep.

We must never forget.

That's why every new initiative that further enriches the plethora of documented memories is a blessed one.

Today, we gather to celebrate one such initiative, an especially special one,

one that breathes life into a topic that is so saturated in death.

A beautiful new book called Honey, Cake, and Latkes.

Recipes from the Old World by the Auschwitz-Burkenau survivors.

By author Maria Zalevska and 120 survivors who share their favorite recipes.

Today we're joined by Maria, the author of the book, and Tova, a survivor who took part in the initiative.

Maria is the executive director of the Auschwitz-Burkenau Memorial Foundation.

Tova Friedman was born in Poland.

When she was just five years old, she was forced to endure the horrors of the Nazis at Auschwitz-Berkinau.

She and her mother managed to survive and were liberated by the Soviets in 1945. We are honored to have them on the show today to talk

about the new book and about Tova's amazing life story. Thank you both so much for joining us.

Thank you so much for having us.

Any correction to the Tova to the intro? Go ahead. Did you have any correction? Okay, okay. Spot on. Okay. Okay. So let's start from you, Maria. Like, how did this initiative come to be?

Yes. So, first of all, I do have a correction because I think when you're talking about

anthologies like this one, the question of authorship, you know, the recipes are all written by survivors.

I was the editor of the book. I wouldn't dare to call myself the author of the book.

So I'm the editor of the book. So to think back to the origin of the story, we have to go back in time to the pre-COVID world and actually to January 2020,

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