Only in the past few years have we begun to hear of the histories of so many of the previous generation.  The father of Benny Ganz, for example, began to write his memories only after he retired, and only recently were they made public.  My mother told of her escapes but my father rarely spoke until late in his life, and they never found out the details of the families that disappeared.  The internet has opened endless possibilities and created countless memories, but I have not been able to use it properly to discover the past.  And I have been afraid, I think, to look too hard.