“This was my Bar-Mitzvah”
Israel Ernst entered the Lodz ghetto shortly before his 13th birthday, and remained there for 4 years. In the following testimony, he tells about his Bar-Mitzvah.
What did Israel receive on his Bar-Mitzvah?
Israel says: “This was my Bar-Mitzvah”. How do you think he felt?
Click 2 to read another story of a Bar-Mitzvah in the ghetto.
Read and think: Why did Moshe and his family hold the Bar Mitzvah ceremony, in spite of the risks involved?
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“My Bar-Mitzvah was inside the ghetto, it was in the summer…. I remember what I had received for my Bar-Mitzvah. I got a pair of Tefillin and a prayer book from my brother Cheskiel, bless his memory. My mother gave me a sandwich with radishes. This was my Bar Mitzvah.” |
