The Holocaust is often told through statistics—millions murdered, thousands of communities destroyed, entire cultures erased.

But history is ultimately made up of individual lives, individual families, and individual acts of courage.

In this episode, I'm joined by journalist and author Keith Morgan to discuss his powerful book Ruta's Closet.

The book tells the remarkable true story of Ruth Kron Sigal and her family, who endured the horrors of the Shavl Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II. Through years of research and firsthand testimony, Morgan brings to life a Jewish community that has often been overlooked in Holocaust history and explores the resilience, courage, and humanity that survived amid unimaginable brutality.

This is a conversation about memory, survival, storytelling, and why preserving these histories remains so important today.