“My genealogical research has provided me with a window into the lives of my ancestors — their successes and failures, their happy moments and their suffering. It has brought me closer to them. I feel that I am their spokesperson. I am telling their story for them, which they were unable to tell themselves.”
France
From Cluj To The Rest Of The World: The Fate Of The Five Jakab Siblings
“He enjoyed the little things, such as going for a walk in the park of Antwerp to admire his favorite tree, a weeping willow. Ferdinand was also a writer, who especially liked to write Hungarian poems. In September 1942, he was deported from Belgium to Auschwitz.”
It Began with a Picture
By Rashi Rosenzweig
“Two yellow Stars of David with the word ‘Juif ‘ are taped to the middle of Paulette’s bureau. She told me that these were patched to her clothes when she was a young girl in Nazi occupied France.”