Scarsdale, NY – This Thanksgiving weekend, a Holocaust survivor can offer thanks to the family who helped her hide from the Nazis during World War II.
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Holocaust survivor Mary Katz Erlich, of Newton, Massachusetts owes her life to Egle Ruzgys and her brother Aurimas and their deceased mother who hid her during the Holocaust. On Friday, they were reunited at John F. Kennedy Airport.
It’s been nearly 66 years since they’ve seen each other. Mary Katz was 12 years old in 1941, living in Lithuania with her mother, her father and her brother, who was executed.
The Catholic Ruzgys and their mother kept Mary and her parents in their home for 3 years, giving them food to eat and a place to hide.
The reunion was arranged by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous to provide financial assistance to non-Jews, who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.
Erlich says the reunion was a dream come true and she will share Thanksgiving with her childhood friends at the home of her granddaughter in Scarsdale, New York.
She will cherish this moment!!
Beuatiful! Truly beautiful! Number 1, you’re mamash a genius. I am proud to post with you……….
Interesting comments, I wonder how many even know a Holocaust survivor let alone have one in the family.
How in the world can there be any negativity associated with this story. These decent people saved a Jewish child who went on to be a mother and grandmother of many more Jewish children…what more is there to say.
Not only beautiful but rare because Lithuania had a large voluntary SS division and most Jews werre killed
Just wanted to thank the rest of the people commenting that concured with me…#2 Thanks.
How can anybody say something negative about this?
#1…soul check …please
How important to cherish these moments while we still can.
Flowers? Money? What exactily is the proper tribute for these malachim?
“The Holocaust was an extreme time. It turned some people into animals and others into angels.”
Tzvi Dovid Daum in “Hiding and Seeking”