Brussels, Belgium: 1948-1950 My first High Holy Day memory is from Brussels, Belgium. It is Yom Kippur sometime between 1948 and 1950. I was recently told that I was Jewish, not Catholic, and am trying to adjust to my new state. During a break in the service, a friend and […]
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Warsaw, Poland 1943 I am three years old, living in Warsaw with my mother under false identity as a Catholic trying to survive the hunt for Jews by the German occupiers. We have a one-room apartment, which serves as bedroom, dining room and living room. When the weather is nice, […]
Photos: Courtesy of the U.S. Army 1959 – 1963 My husband, Captain Howard Graber, was a Jewish Chaplain in the US Army, stationed in Frankfurt, Germany from 1959 to 1963. His duties were primarily to minister to the Jewish soldiers – enlisted men, officers and their families. However, the congregation […]