Surviving the Holocaust is a convincing social narrative of two brothers who survived the Holocaust in Poland occupied by the Nazis. One brother, the author's father, carried several detention camps, including the infamous Auschwitz camp, as well as the horrific winter march of death; the other brother, the author's uncle, survived outside the camps to pass as a Catholic among the anti-Semitic Poles , Including a group of Polish anti-Nazi fighters, and eventually became an officer in the Soviet army.

The Surviving Holocaust Survivor as a model of the "Life History Perspective" applies concepts from the Life Path Theory to the interpretation of the paths of brotherhood, reinforcing this approach through insights from the Agency's structure and the theory of collective memory. Defying traditional wisdom that survival is simply a matter of luck, it highlights pre-war experiences, practical and risky decisions, and collective networks that helped brothers get rid of the grip of death of the Nazi regime.

Survivors of the Holocaust also show how the memory of a Holocaust family has been mingled with the memories of large groups, including States - states and their institutions, and how the memories of individual survivors have been planted in a collective symbolic sense.