Diane Forman
Cognoscenti contributor
Diane Forman is a widely published essayist who lives, writes and teaches on the North Shore.
Recently published
My mother's family survived the Holocaust. Now I’m finding faith on my own terms
For most of her life, Diane Forman felt like a religious misfit. Then she moved to a new town after her divorce and joined a church.
Are fears of authoritarianism in the U.S. hyperbole? What would my German grandparents say?
My grandparents almost missed their opportunity to escape the Third Reich. I wish my grandfather was still alive so I could ask him to compare the U.S. today to pre-1933...
Is my family’s Holocaust trauma woven into my DNA?
Diane Forman believed that visiting the death camp where her great-grandmother was killed could help her heal from her family's trauma.
My Family's Home Survived Nazi Germany, But Not Modern Life
Diane Forman went to Germany to see the house where her mother lived before her family fled the Nazis. She didn't find what she expected.