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Hilda Goldsmith, the mother of Rickey G. Slezak, was born on October 8, 1922, in Gelnhausen, Germany. At the age of 17, she escaped Nazi Germany and arrived in the United States sometime between 1939-1940 alone.

Portrait photographs of Jules and Valentine Alexander, parents of Monique, Simone, and Michline.

Monique Bental (née Alexander) was born in Marseille, France, on November 19, 1929. She was a hidden child with her grandmother and youngest sister, Simone, during the war. Monique's mother and father died at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp after…

Monique (front and center in a black blazer) with her family, where she was honored at West Point for her volunteer efforts in the Israeli Independence War.

A magazine honoring female volunteers of the Israeli Army during the Independence War featured Monique on the cover.

The postcard sent to Monique from her youngest sister, Simone, showed the outside of the convent where she resided, possibly until the age of 6.

The letter Jules and Valentine wrote to Monique and her grandmother informed the family of the situation at Drancy and their impending deportation to Auschwitz. A "charitable person" delivered the letter to Monique's grandmother.

Michline (left) and Simone (in a carriage) sit with Monique.

Monique, pictured as a young child and with her pet dog at the age of 6.

Monique, pictured with her parents as a young child before the war.