Balter Family
Paula Lebovics
(nee Pessa Balter)
Paula Lebovics was born in Ostrowiec in September 1933. She lived in a religious home. Her parents Israel and Perla Leah, worked in the store owned by her grandfather Akiva Rosset.
Paula's siblings were Herschel, Jonathan, Chaya, Chana, and Josef.
During the Holocaust, Paula went into hiding with her brother Herschel with over 30 others. Her mother Perla and Paula, and possibly Paula's other sisters, were transported in Aug 1944 to Auschwitz.
After the war, Paula eventually moved to Detroit, Michigan; her brother Herschel moved to Australia.
Remember Our Stories
March of the Living
Oral History
Holocaust Memorial Center, Michigan
Paula's Testimony
USC Shoah Foundation
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Los Angeles Times