The Tragedy Of Helen And The Holocaust

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The Holocaust was a time not to be forgotten, especially for Jewish families. The tragedy that fell upon the Jews have burned a memory inside them. Helen (Helene Katz Wohlfarth) Waterford and her husband had to distance themselves and cut off all emotional attachment to their own flesh and blood, their daughter, in order to ensure her safety and future.

Helen and her family were currently living in the Netherlands until the May 1940 when the Germans had invaded. She had to give her daughter to non-Jewish friends and went into hiding in various destinations what were organized by a friend that was operating underground. Helen and her husband were captured in 1944 and were eventually separated in Auschwitz. Helen had survived and

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