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The poems includetouchingly romantic and sad expressions of Steffi's youthful idealism and morerecent humorous epistles. My first Year in Eretz Israel picks upthe story where her previous book Jewish Girl in the Weimar Republic ends, withSteffi's arrival in 1934 at what was then Palestine. It is a lively descriptionof the Jewish agricultural settlers who came to Palestine in the early 1930's.The Sekilaridis House describes Steffi's marriage to a Roman CatholicArmenian, and their adventures in the multicultural society of Jerusalem in theBritish Mandate of Palestine during World War II. The Teeth ofPolycrates is a satirical story about good luck that takes place on theship traveling from Brazil to the USA. How I became a Teacherdescribes Steffi's life in Zion, Illinois, and her enthusiastic achievement ofbecoming a school teacher. The Ones that Got Away describesSteffi's project of collecting biographies of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust -showing how they overcame suffering, found satisfying new roots, and becamesuccessful contributors in countries to which they emigrated.