Talking Memory: In Conversation with Goldie Morgentaler Author of Letters from the Afterlife

Join us for a powerful literary encounter with acclaimed writer and translator Goldie Morgentaler as she presents her novel Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson.

Rochelle Saidel will open the program with reflections on the book as a rare and intimate window into postwar lives, drawing on correspondence that reveals the inner worlds, creative resilience, and evolving identities of Holocaust survivors rebuilding their lives across continents.

Drawing on her experience as the daughter of celebrated author and Holocaust survivor Chava Rosenfarb, Morgentaler explores memory, loss, and the enduring presence of the past through a moving and imaginative narrative.

Extraordinarily little has been written about how women who survived the Holocaust dealt with life after the war, with the trauma of their immediate pasts, and with the debilitating sense of alienation they felt in a changed world. Letters from the Afterlife chronicles the experiences of two female Holocaust survivors as they adjusted to life in their adopted countries of Canada and Sweden, where they knew neither the language nor the culture.

A compelling conversation on literature, legacy, and the voices that continue to shape our understanding of the Holocaust across generations.