Her brother Ernst had epilepsy and was killed as part of the Nazi “euthanasia” program

Family relocated to Berlin

1933: anti-Jewish legislation intensified

Had to wear the yellow star of David

Jewish children expelled from public schools/Jewish girls’ school

November 10, 1939: the synagogue was vandalized/People threw sacred Torah scrolls into the fire

WWII: forced to perform forced labor

On December 7, 1941, the family arrived in the Dominican republic

Ruth became a nurse and met her future husband, a survivor from Austria

Migrated to the United States in 1951

Lest We Forget Washington, D.C. 11-05-2018