Are the circumstances of a human life the random product of chance and chaos, or directed by design?
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS is a spellbinding account of one woman’s path through the Holocaust and the horrors of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Living under constant fear and in hiding through her teen years, the author escaped the ever-present reality of betrayal and the threat of the gas chambers. She witnessed the loss of her best friend to Auschwitz, the death of her first love to battle and her home to the bombing of Berlin.
Having survived the war, Yola worked for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps as interpreter, interrogating Dachau concentration camp guards and officials until departing Germany at age 21 for America as a Displaced Person.
As a Holocaust survivor consumed by hatred for her tormentors, an annoying encounter on a city bus led to a turnaround in her life’s direction. This book recalls the true events and people used to show her the power of overcoming obstacles through choosing forgiveness rather than hate, compassion rather than the desire for retribution.
As an active messenger of faith, love and peace in the country which had formerly tried to exterminate her, she spent an adventurous life reaching out to young people and women with the message of forgiveness and reconciliation. She authored 14 books in German, one a best seller, and her autobiography, YOLA—Forgive and Remember Nazi Rule, in English. She returned to her beloved adopted country, America, in 2012 where she continues to speak in schools and churches. She now lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS will fascinate, challenge and inspire the reader.
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS is a spellbinding account of one woman’s path through the Holocaust and the horrors of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Living under constant fear and in hiding through her teen years, the author escaped the ever-present reality of betrayal and the threat of the gas chambers. She witnessed the loss of her best friend to Auschwitz, the death of her first love to battle and her home to the bombing of Berlin.
Having survived the war, Yola worked for the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps as interpreter, interrogating Dachau concentration camp guards and officials until departing Germany at age 21 for America as a Displaced Person.
As a Holocaust survivor consumed by hatred for her tormentors, an annoying encounter on a city bus led to a turnaround in her life’s direction. This book recalls the true events and people used to show her the power of overcoming obstacles through choosing forgiveness rather than hate, compassion rather than the desire for retribution.
As an active messenger of faith, love and peace in the country which had formerly tried to exterminate her, she spent an adventurous life reaching out to young people and women with the message of forgiveness and reconciliation. She authored 14 books in German, one a best seller, and her autobiography, YOLA—Forgive and Remember Nazi Rule, in English. She returned to her beloved adopted country, America, in 2012 where she continues to speak in schools and churches. She now lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS will fascinate, challenge and inspire the reader.
