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FRANCINE (FANNY) GELERNTER

FRANCINE (FANNY) GELERNTER

KAUNAS / LITHUANIA / 1932

SOVIET INVASION. FATHER SENT TO SIBERIA. KAUNAS GHETTO. STUTTHOF CONCENTRATION CAMP. GRANDMOTHER WAS KILLED. ROBBED FROM HER CHILDHOOD.

1940 soviets invaded Lithuania.
Father was sent to Siberia and never returned.

Kaunas ghetto.
Stutthof concentration camp.

Her grandmother was killed right away due to her old age.
Two aunts passed away from fever in the camp.
Childhood was taken away from her.
She lost most of her family.

„I was blessed to survive. I came to America and fell in love with a holocaust survivor.“

Lest We Forget Pittsburgh 05-01-2019