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Lillian Berliner Beechhurst, NY
Recipe:
Palacsinta Crepes |
 Holocaust Survivor Cookbook Recipes your family will enjoy......Stories they will never forget |
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Most of my family was deported from Hungary and the
majority perished in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Miraculously, my mother
(in her early 40's) and I (a teenager) survived Auschwitz, Bremen and
Bergen-Belsen together. We were never separated. We were starved in Auschwitz and to alleviate our numerous hunger pangs, we invented frequent "dream meals" ranging between coffee klatches, luncheons, informal and formal dinner parties. We planned our menus carefully for hours and in great detail. Our favorite dishes and desserts took priority and were frequently repeated. The table settings, the color of dishes, tablecloths, napkins, flowers for each occasion and the seating arrangements were also discussed. This may sound delusional I know, but during these meal planning sessions, we were briefly transported to a normal world, a world that was so far from our miserable reality. We actually tasted the dishes we prepared and our hunger pangs disappeared during the hours of planning. We could hardly wait for the next planning session. There was no need or time to plan "dream meals" in Bremen (labor camp) thanks to the kindness of an old, Danish retired seaman, who gave us his daily sandwich and to a French prisoner of war, who shared his Red Cross packages with us. In Bergen-Belsen, we were too sick and weak to even dream. The two recipes I have included, one for an appetizer and one for dessert, were always on our menus and were native to my home-town of Kolosvar (also known as Cluj), Hungary, on the Romanian border in Transylvania. |
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