"This slim vol-ume is a memo-r-i-al to what was lost in the Holo-caust. ... Born Klara Alter, Théeacute;rèegrave;se (Ter-ri) Mas-son com-posed her own Kad-dish, at once prayer of mourn-ing for her fam-i-ly and her tes-ti-mo-ny as a sur-vivor. ... Her daugh-ter has edit-ed it and filled in numer-ous miss-ing pieces... all of which enhance the sto-ry of a remark-able woman who sur-vived a geno-cide and, late in life, sum-moned the courage to recount every-thing she had faced."

- Gila Wertheimer, Jewish Book Council

"Within the vast, ever-increasing Holocaust literature, Thérèse C. Masson's childhood memoir stands out. My Kaddish is a compelling, intriguing testimony. ... [It] is a 'lighthouse' that provides guidance for Holocaust research, education, and remembrance. ... My Kaddish depicts the landscapes of [Thérèse's] early childhood, transforming them into memorial sites. Visual images and sensory triggers link the past and present... What finally emerges is a striking self-analysis which not only illustrates how this childhood memoir has been constructed but also reveals the psychological burdens and damage of a child survivor. My Kaddish is an important and challenging autobiographical account of the trauma, the wounds, Thérèse experienced as a child during the Holocaust--wounds which never healed and that shaped her postwar life."

-- Emeritus Professor Dr. Konrad Kwiet, Sydney Jewish Museum, from the preface