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Dedicated to Martin and Lanka Ilkow
Their letters. Their lives. Her story.
A collection of post-war letters, photographs, and enduring memories.
“I did not ask to be called a hero. I asked only that what I had seen not be forgotten.”
Dedicated to our grandparents, Martin and Lanka Ilkow. Out of the ashes of war, they wrote, they held fast to what remained, and they chose to live. Within these pages, their letters are preserved, their journeys are written with devotion, and Lanka’s voice rises again—told completely through her own recorded words.
Their Letters
Personal letters written in the years after the war, shown with the original pages and full translations.
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Lanka’s Story
The full account of Lanka Ilkow’s life, drawn from more than ten hours of recorded interviews.
Read Her Story