This journey begins with my awakenings that happened as I reached adulthood. I had my first when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 40. It was frightening at first, but then I heard a voice inside tell me, “survival is in your bones”, and I knew I would be ok. Shortly after that I was invited to join a group called One By One. I found myself sitting at a long table at the Wannsee compound in Berlin where the Final solution was planned. On my side of the table were children of survivors of the Holocaust, and on the other side sat the children of Nazi perpetrators. . . . We talked and told our stories. Something happened during that talk and I felt something burst open when the stories inside me were done waiting to be told.
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ABOUT ANDY:
Andy Shapiro is a Hudson Valley musician and singer-songwriter. He has been writing and recording songs for over 10 years and has been playing guitar since before he was born. Andy is the son of a Holocaust survivor and will be performing a musical memoir called Strings of Hope that use his stories and songs to show how hope can survive through dark times. Learn more about Andy’s story and music on his website.