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Malka Rosental

Malka Rosental lit one of six torches at the State Opening Ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in 2005.

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Malka Rosental

Malka Rosental

Underground Refuge: Hiding from the Nazis, Survivor Malka Rosental's Testimony

Born in 1934, in Stanislawow, Poland. After her younger brother’s murder, she and her mother escaped. They and her father hid in a barn, but when her mother was murdered before her eyes, Malka and her father ran away. After months of wandering in the forest, she was taken in and hidden by the Kot family. Although later reunited with her father, Malka decided to emigrate to Israel with her friends. Malka has 2 daughters and 6 grandchildren.

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