Kestenberg Archive

TK, the youngest of five children, was born in in 1933 in Lodz, Poland. Her family was very religious. As soon as the Germans conquered Lodz in 1939, the family fled to Russia. Until 1941, they lived in Sambir, Ukraine. Until 1942, she and her sister moved from orphanage to orphanage. In 1942, TK joined her father and lived with him in Siberia until the war ended. When the war ended, they returned to Poland. TK joined a group of children organized by the Gordonia movement. They crossed Czechoslovakia and Austria until they reached Selvino, Italy. In 1948, TK made aliyah with the group and lived in a kibbutz. In 1951, her father also immigrated. She lived with him for two years in Petach Tikva. In 1953, TK joined the army. TK married a holocaust survivor and has two children. She owned a kiosk. She suffers from heart and digestion problems.