​In The Wedding Photo Dan A. Oren embarks on a genealogical journey that opens new worlds. This book offers pathways for anyone interested in doing their own genealogical research.

 

A visit to an abandoned Polish Jewish cemetery in 1993 launches a 20-year search to solve the mystery of "Who is Buried in Sarah's Tomb?" A visit with a cousin unearths a breathtaking photo of a Berlin family wedding from 1926 and leads to discovering their unimaginable post-wedding history. An archivist in Prague discovers a secret uncle whose life takes the reader from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the Vatican. A memoir by Philip Roth shocks a daughter into unlocking a father's concealed past.
 

​The Wedding Photo is a soft-cover book, 224 pages, richly illustrated with full-color photos and diagrams.

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Dan Oren is a psychiatrist, author, and the founder and director of Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland. FJHP leads trips to Poland to learn about the past and make a better future.