87-Year Old Woman Publishes First Book

An 87-year-old woman who has resided on the North Shore for the last 40 years just recently attained her lifelong goal of being a published writer.

Helen Stein Behr, a Highland Park resident who once lived in Glencoe, has released and self published “Renata: A Child of the Holocaust,” the tale of the plight of Renata Haberer, a member of Behr’s son-in-law’s family according to the Glencoe News. Renata was a little girl in Germany during the height of the Nazi reign in the 1930s.

Behr, who grew up in New York before moving to Glencoe in 1975 and teaching in Kenilworth and Winnetka, was fascinated by Renata’s story while getting to know her at Passover Seders during the 1980s.

A new novel may also be in the works for Behr. One about growing up during the Great Depression.

“I want to write again,” she said.

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