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Selma's and Edith's parents, Lina and Samuel Tennenbaum walk together in town.

Selma's and Edith's parents, Lina and Samuel Tennenbaum are shown riding on a carriage in 1935.

The Tennenbaum family home in Złoczów, Poland (present-day Ukraine).

Pictured are the exterior and interior of the Złoczów synagogue before World War I and II. The synagogue was located far from the center of town.

When the bombs first fell, and the Nazis forced Jews from their homes for deportations and shootings, the Tennenbaums hid in a cellar. After some time, Samuel felt it was safer to move and hide in the attic of their grandfather’s factory. The…

Samuel Tennenbaum at his father's factory before the war. On the left sits a printing press, which saved the family from being on the Gestapo lists. The Nazis appointed a Ukrainian woman to run the factory (Jews were prohibited from owning…

Selma and Edith sitting with their nanny Hanka before the war. Their nanny brought the family food while they hid in the attic.

Edith stands outside the first home a Christian family hid her and Selma. When hidden for a second time, the Christian family only took Edith because she could "pass as Aryan." The Gentile family left Edith alone in their home the next morning. Out…

Samuel Tennenbaum's work certificate was issued by the Judenrat and stamped by the Gestapo in 1940.

Samuel and Lina received a permit to live outside of the ghetto, signed by the Kreishauptmann (district captain), Quizo. He refused to allow Selma…

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is one of the first LGBTQ+ student centers ever established in America. The East Lansing chapter of the Gay Liberation Movement was formed on the campus of Michigan State University.