Yeshivah of Flatbush 8th-grade yearbook; Illustration by Felice (Bienenstock) Friedson

Individual Faces of the Holocaust

In past decades kids like me, who as children of survivors heard personal accounts at home, felt that something was missing in the way the tragic events (and what came before and after them?) were presented to their classmates.

"Reposting" from many years back, in memory of my father's family members
Henya, Munio, and 4-yr-old Rutka (younger in photo below);
Chaim (Joachim);
​Shimon, Rachel and Tina.

For Yom HaShoah 5777/2017, the theme that was selected by Yad Vashem for the day was:
​Restoring Their Identities: The Fate of the Individual During the Holocaust