Nazi army occupied her hometown in 1941

Family, along with the nearly 3,000 other Jews, were forced into the ghetto

Less than a dozen survived the ghetto

1942 Into hiding with family

Brother discovered and killed

Refuge with partisans

Of her extended family, only Rachel and her mother survived

Liberated by Soviets

Experienced widespread and overt Antisemitism in Poland

They left for Italy/Lived in two Displaced-Person-camps

1947 Migrated to United States

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