July 12, 2016

Today we went to Piotrokow, the city where my mother was born! We met with Jacek the genealogist again because that was his home town as well. He showed us the spot where my mother lived with her family and the spot where her Jewish school used to be. It was so hard to believe we walked in the same places where she and her family lived. It was the brown building, lower level. 

We walked into the synagogue where her family used to go to pray. Prior to entering something magical happened!  We met a group of young adults from New York with their Rabbi. When the rabbi found out my mom was a survivor he asked her to speak to his group. She shared her life story and touched everyone's life at that moment! She along with the other survivors defeated Hitler!! It was an empowering moment to witness by everyone!!

Next Kasha our wonderful driver took us to see my dad's home town. Once again i asked for confirmation that he knew we were coming to see him. A few minutes later i got it!! 

There was a large truck with my dad's name written all over it!! We love you dad❤️. We saw where he and his friend's Morris Huppert , Jack Feder and Ted Pilcowitz went to school. Although the school is no longer there, there was another building in its spot. 

It was on Ostgogerska 9. We saw some plaques and monumentsdocumenting the   exact spots where the Nazi's hung the Jews and where they were forced to gather in the park (the Jewish Ghetto) 

Finally we arrived in the most beautiful and medieval  looking city, Krakow. It was not destroyed in WW2 and as a result of this the buildings remained as they were.  We walked through the Jewish quarter and the city square.