Mireille Taub
Author & Educator
New Release
The Last Train From Paris (Escape and Refuge 1940)
The Last Train from Paris is a deeply personal and historically rich memoir that weaves together first-hand stories of survival, resistance, and remembrance during one of humanity's darkest times-the Holocaust. Author Mireille Taub shares powerful accounts from her own escape as a toddler on the last train out of Nazi-occupied Paris, alongside the harrowing fates of family members who were not as fortunate. Through vivid storytelling and heartfelt reflection, this collection honors acts of courage and love amidst unthinkable brutality. A moving tribute to memory, resilience, and the enduring human spirit, The Last Train from Paris ensures that the voices of the past will not be forgotten.
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5 out of 5 stars
A powerful, heartwarming story
Can you imagine being whisked away on a train as a 20 month old child heading to an unknown destination?
Mireille Taub’s amazing story is lovingly recounted in her book “The Last Train from Paris.”
The events roll out in fast and furious fashion as we learn that as the train left Paris, the rear of the train was bombed, fortuitously leaving the front, containing Mireille and her family, intact.
This is a small but riveting book with a lot of warmth and wonderful photographs, punctuated by fascinating, hair-raising adventures.
Stephanie F.
Praise & Reviews
5 out of 5 stars
The Will to Survive
The “Last Train from Paris” is a riveting memoir of a family’s harrowing journey, fleeing the encroaching Nazi scourge. We meet family members fortunate enough to survive and thrive in their new surroundings, as well as those heroes who are lost along the way. This is an emotional tribute to an era we cannot erase from memory.
Myra Garber
5 out of 5 stars
A Must Read!
The author's passion for keeping these stories alive through her community presentations and now in her memoir shed a potent and personal light on the horrific times during Hitler's reign of terror in occupied territories. The reader is transported along with her journey to America, lifting us up with gratitude and hope for a better world.
Barbara S.
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Mireille Taub
Mireille Taub is a lifelong educator, literary specialist, and advocate for Holocaust
remembrance. A survivor herself, Mireille escaped Nazi occupied France as a child.
She later earned degrees from Brooklyn College, studied at the Sorbonne and the
Ecole du Louvre and Adelphi University. Her 34-year teaching career blended her
love for the arts, literature, and humanity, earning recognition from the NY State
Department of Education. In retirement, she continues to inspire as a docent,
educator, and survivor speaker for the Nasau County Holocaust Memorial and
Tolerance Center. She also chairs the David Taub Reel Upstander Film Series
honoring her husband who was a “hidden child” in Occupied France.
