Tosia Szechter (Schneiderr) with her mother and brother, 1935.

ID: 221 ~ Source: Tosia Szechter Schneider Family Papers, William Breman Museum of Jewish Heritage, Cuba Family Archives ~ Date: 1935
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Julek, Genia, and Tosia Szechter.

ID: An adult wearing a dress stands with their arms wrapped around two children at their sides, standing in a field.

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By Tosia Schneider
"In 1939, I was eleven years old, and our family happened to be vacationing in the Carpathian Mountains... Life seemed absolutely beautiful. I splashed in a brook, and I just thought the future was full of promise. Somehow in the middle of…