Sixteen-year-old Tasha Ancel turns to take one last look at the imposing place that stole her freedom and her childhood. She has no idea how she continued to live when so many others did not. For the first time in months, her heart beats with hope for her future and that of the smaller children who cling to her now. Tasha was torn from her mothers arms by an SS guard days before the gates of Auschwitz opened. Now she only has a lock of her mothers fiery hair. Desperate to be reunited, Tasha asks everyone she meets if theyve seen a woman with flame-red hair. But with so many people trying to locate their loved ones in the chaotic aftermath of war finding her feels like an impossible task.
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