“My most cherished possession is a picture of my mother, my brother, and me,” Rae Goldfarb reflected.
“My most cherished possession is a picture of my mother, my brother, and me,” Rae Goldfarb reflected. “That photo is the only thing that I have from our former life.” After looters ransacked Rae’s home in German-occupied Poland and tossed their belongings in the street, a neighbor grabbed the photograph to remember them. After the war, the neighbor returned it to Rae’s mother. “The Holocaust not only destroyed so many Jewish lives but also tried to erase any image of Jewish existence in eastern Europe.” Watch live on Facebook on Wednesday, July 26 at 1 p.m. ET to hear Rae’s story of survival. Photo: USHMM, gift of Rachel Mutterperl Goldfarb