Separated Together · A Personal-historical memoir
Seven weeks became seven years.
In the summer of 1939, Abe Huberman left Warsaw for a short trip to America. War separated him from his wife Sonia and their children. Kenneth P. Price tells the story of survival, reunion, and the family they rebuilt.
The family’s journey
Across an ocean. Through a lifetime.
Summer 1939
Warsaw → New York
A short visit to America.
Abe leaves Poland to visit America. Sonia and their two young children remain in Warsaw. The family expects the separation to last only weeks.
September 1939–1945
An ocean apart
War closes the way home.
Germany’s invasion of Poland separates the family. Sonia endures the Warsaw ghetto and Nazi concentration camps; her children are murdered. In America, Abe searches for news of his family.
1946
Reunited in America
A life to rebuild together.
After a search notice helps reconnect them, Sonia reaches America. Their reunion begins the long work of building a home and raising a family while carrying the memory of those they lost.
Love. Loss. The life after.
The reunion was only the beginning.
What does it mean to make a home after everything has changed?
Separated Together follows Abe and Sonia from prewar Poland to the lives they made in America. It bears witness to devastating loss—and to the everyday work of raising children, sustaining relationships, and remembering.
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“Dr. Price relates this powerful tale with insight and eloquence.”
Dr. David Patterson · Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies
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The author
Kenneth P. Price, Ph.D.
Kenneth came to this history through family life: conversations, celebrations, and memories shared across generations. Drawing on family testimony, letters, and archival research, he set out to preserve a story his wife Gloria had long been asked to tell.
Meet KennethA love that endured.
Abe and Sonia Huberman, brought to life in an artistic animation of the book cover.
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