My Mother's Words: Two sisters share the story of their mother and how she survived the Holocaust

MAYS LANDING, New Jersey -- Atlantic Cape Community College and Stockton University presented a very special dialogue for students as part of their 40th annual Holocaust Remembrance Program.

The colleges welcomed sisters Rita Stromfeld and Blanche Powell to speak on their new book, "My Mother's Words."

It's a memoir of their mother Helen Fassler, who with her husband, Murray, both from Poland, survived the Holocaust and emigrated to New York City after World War 2.

The loving book took five years to complete.

"This is a story we can all read together," says Powell. "You have to keep these stories going otherwise they'll die with the people who died."

Stromfeld was compelled to put into writing all the stories and life lessons her mother shared with her and her sister.

"We have to fight for what's right and continue teaching because evil has no place in the world," she says.

For more information on the programs at Atlantic Cape, visit them at https://www.atlantic.edu.