Amid the ashes of World War I, a penniless Sender Leib Brilliant and his wife, Anna, moved their young family from Kalisz, Poland, to a new beginning in Berlin. With time and hard work, he achieved great financial success in his adopted city. Life was good--until the looming specter of fascism cast a dark shadow on their future and prompted an agonizing choice: remain in Germany and trust that their status and resources would see them through, or follow Sender Lieb's brother, Joseph, into an uncertain future in America.
A Brilliant Decision is the poignant and inspiring true story of Sender Lieb's journey after his and Anna's fateful- and ultimately lifesaving- resolution to migrate with their family from Germany to New York City. Tragically, several close relatives who had remained in Europe were not as fortunate when Hitler's Third Reich marched across the continent, leaving horror and devastation in its wake. Sender Leib's courageous choice in 1934 echoes through the lives of his descendants, who owe everything to that one Brilliant Decision.