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SHULAMIT BASTACKY

SHULAMIT BASTACKY

VILNIUS/LITHUANIA 1941

TAKEN IN BY NUN GREW UP IN ISOLATION PARENTS IN FORCE LABOR REUNION MIGRATION TO ISRAEL

Taken by a Polish Roman Catholic nun

Spent the first years in isolation

Provided no more than very basic necessary human touch

Parents worked in local labor camps and survived as well

The family was reunited in 1945

Migration to Israel to escape Antisemitism in Europe

1963: Moved to the United States with her family

It is important for her to educate young people

Lest We Forget Pittsburgh 05-04-2019