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

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

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

Monique's capstone paper titled "The Holocaust Generation, The Survivor Children," which she submitted to Professor Peter Katopes. She recognized early on the generational trauma of survivors and their children.