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June 2018

Kindertransport to England: Finding Alexandra

May 29, 2018May 31, 2019 successAdmin June 2018

By Gary Koeppel

“She told me that the girl in the photos was transported from Prague to England around 1939… all she knew was that her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of my paternal grandfather’s sister, and that she was placed in the home of a British family.”

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Survival in Stanislawow: Searching for Norbert Aleksandrowicz

May 29, 2018May 31, 2019 successAdmin June 2018

By Michael Diamant

“She found Norbert hiding in the utility room of her Stanislawow farm, hiding from execution, from certain death. She told Norbert he could stay and she hid him on her family farm for three years, at great danger to herself.”

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