Holocaust survivor Albert Kitmacher and his five miracles

So much has been written about the Holocaust. But have we really learned from the past? Millions of words later, we are facing a terrifying upswing in anti-Semitism. What can we do? We can keep writing, keep recording, keep remembering. And we can make sure that the voices of those who perished and those who survived are preserved.

As we commemorate the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, here is one more for the record: The story of my husband's cousin, a Holocaust survivor.

Albert Leon Kitmacher was born in Lublin, Poland, in 1920, one of the four children of Miriam Naiman, a seamstress, and...