Musia Gershenman testimony

Musia Gershenman testimony 

Musia Gershenman was born on 14 April 1920 in Kovno, Lithuania (Kaunas) to Elhanan and Esther Shames. She had at least one sister. During World War II, Musia, her husband Aaron, her parents, and her sister were all in the Kovno Ghetto. By early 1944, her father, sister, and brother-in-law had been deported. Her cousin helped arrange for Musia and her husband to escape the ghetto and hide in the house of Jonas and Antonina Paulavicius. Several other Jews were also hidden, but Musia was not able to rescue her mother. After Kovno was liberated by the Red Army, Musia and Aaron immigrated to Palestine. Antonina and Jonas rescued 16 people during the Holocaust. Jonas was murdered in 1950. In 1983, Antonina was recognized by Yad Vashem as a"Righteous Among the Nations" 

Musia Gershenman testimony