Susan Lynn Meyer

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My thirteen-year-old niece, Chloe Meyer-Gehrke, has read my novels inspired by my father’s World War II experiences.  She also came to my book release parties and sat in the front row!

She got interested in the way Jewish refugees were … Read More

Posted on 03/05/2019 02:23 am | Leave a comment
 

Refugee’s Daughter: The Story Behind BLACK RADISHES and SKATING WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

I’m the daughter of a child refugee.

My widowed grandmother came here with her two children in November of 1942, making them among the last Jews to escape from Nazi-occupied France.  They had been helped by HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant … Read More

Posted on 02/20/2017 06:09 pm | 12 Comments