Ruth Fuks Reif was the youngest of three children born to Szmuel and Bronia Fuks in Pabianice, Poland near Lodz. In 1940, when German troops occupied her town, ghettos were established. Ruth's brother was taken away in 1941 at the age of 25. In 1942, Ruth's father was taken away by the Nazis. Ruth (now 14), her mother, and sister were transported and lived in the Lodz ghetto, until the ghetto was liquidated and the three women were taken in a cattle car train to Auschwitz concentration camp.

Learn more of Ruth’s story from concentration camps and daring escapes to survival shared by her granddaughter, Eleanor Gossen, on October 20 at 2pm.

Register at https://www.hmmsa.org/survivor-speakers-series