Looking through the lens of the Lerer family, The Young Soapmaker photos from Poland show a world before it changes forever.
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From top left: Leonard Lerer, aged 13; sister Chana, 22; brother Beril, 20; sister Bluma 15 Middle row: grandmother; mother, 43; father, 48 Bottom row: Easter, 13; Wolf, 11; Slufru, 9. This photo was taken in 1938.
This picture, taken in 1978, shows the town of Hrubieszow, Leonard Lerer’s home in Poland.
Taken in Hrubieszow, Poland in 1936 when Leonard Lerer was 11. These cousins all perished during the holocaust.
Taken in Hrubieszow, Poland when Leonard Lerer was 11. These are also cousins who were killed during the holocaust.
Statue in Sobibor.
“We died so that you should live.”
This picture was taken in Germany on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Flossenburg camp.
This is a monument where my father is buried among 613 people who the Nazis killed one day before the liberation. This photo was taken in 1946. The tombstone reads:
rothers of the children of Israel who were killed by the nazi murderers because they were Jews are laid to rest here.
