FELICIA WAS TWO YEARS OLD WHEN THE WAR BEGAN.

HER FAMILY WAS FORCED TO FLEE TO RUSSIA, WHERE HER PARENTS DIED IN A FORCED LABOR CAMP, IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOMI.

FELICIA AND HER BROTHER WERE PLACED IN AN ORPHANAGE.

HER BROTHER WAS IMMEDIATELY ADOPTED AND THEY WOULD NOT FIND EACH OTHER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.

IN 1946 FELICIA WAS REPATRIATED TO POLAND, WHERE SHE LIVED IN A JEWISH ORPHANAGE.

FELICIA GRADUATED FROM LENINGRAD UNIVERSITY AND WARSAW UNIVERSITY.

SHE EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN 1966.

BEING FLUENT IN RUSSIAN, POLISH AND ENGLISH, FELICIA TAUGHT FOR MANY YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

IN 1979 SHE CAME TO ST. LOUIS TO WORK AS A SOCIALWORKER WITH THE RUSSIAN-JEWISH EMIGRANTS AND SHE CONTINUES THIS WORK AT THE ST. LOUIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.