Dr. Gershon Spector, the son of Paul and Nechama Spector, was born in Rovno, Poland in September 1937. He went to grade school in the Soviet Union and completed his high school, college and medical school after the war. He lived in hiding in Rovno from 1939-41 and was in hiding with the Partisans during part of 1941. He escaped into central Russia in 1942, where he remained until the war ended and went from there back to Poland. He lived in Neu Frieman displaced persons camp (near Munich) from 1945-49.
Four immediate family members and over 20 extended family members survived. Over 35 immediate family members were killed.
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“When we left the DP camp, my uncle went to Israel. We went to the states because my mother didn't want me to fight in another war. She didn't want to lose her only child.”
- Gershon Spector
