“Many people gathered at the border-crossing but the Russians did not let them pass. While they were waiting, and before Israel had a chance to find and join his father and brother, a German air raid started and the crowd dispersed, some running into a nearby forest and some exploiting the disorder to cross into the Russian zone. In the commotion David and Henryk lost each other, never to meet again.”
By Linda Ewall Krocker
“Years later I learned that my cousin Renee had her father’s correspondence from 1939-1945 from our Fiszelow and Steinberg family members who remained behind… postcards from a beautiful set of gilded Jewish New Year’s cards…until they apparently ran out.”
By Shirley Ginzburg
“We left empty-handed and demoralized. We needed a miracle. Recently, that miracle landed on my computer screen with a truly uninspiring title: ‘Polonnoye Area Document Project Results’ …a project of JewishGen’s Ukraine SIG.”