Isabella Silberstein
Nationality: Russian
Location: Berlin • Germany • Johannesburg • Latvia • Missouri • Riga • Russia • South Africa • St. Louis • Tver • United States of America
Experience During Holocaust: Escaped the Holocaust • Family Died During the Holocaust
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A Brief Bio
Isabella Silverstein was born in Moscow on October 24, 1910, to a wealthy Russian Jewish family. The family resettled in Berlin and left shortly after Hitler came to power in 1935.
She went with her husband to England and then to South Africa. She eventually emigrated to the United States.
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“I had diphtheria in the cattle truck, and my mother, who was a registered nurse, opened my throat... and one of the Red Army chaps sat on my feet, the other one held my hand, and the third one ran out at every stop for hot water.”
- Isabella Silberstein
