by Anne Georget
“Cakes for new mothers, Baden Caramel sweets, Quetsch strudel, Linzertorte…”
A handwritten recipe book, covered in craft paper, held together by a simple string.
Deported by the nazis in Terezin, Mina Pächter, before dying of starvation, wrote down her best cake recipes for her daughter who had escaped to Palestine.
It took twenty years for the book to reach her daughter…