Emmanuel Alper

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Emmanuel was born in Pinsk, Poland on 1927 to David and Shoshana Alper. His father, David, principal in the prestigious Tarbut Gymnasia (a Jewish high school), was a prominent educator, and active in the Zionist movement. His mother Shoshana (Barlas) was born in Warsaw, Poland and married his father in 1922. She taught with her husband at the high school.

Under the Soviet-German Pact, Pinsk, Poland was occupied by the Russians in 1939. The Jews living in Pinsk had very little information about what the Germans were doing to the other Jews living under their occupation, so they felt relatively secure. The Germans occupied Pinsk, Poland in July 1941 and immediately set up a Jewish Council to execute their planned murder of the entire Jewish population of Pinsk. Emmanuel's father was chosen as the head of the Council. David resigned within two days, when he realized what would be required of him. Ten days later, the Germans executed him. The Germans set up a sealed-off ghetto on April 30, 1942. They forced the entire Jewish population, including Emmanuel and his family minus his dad. It was overcrowded and lacked adequate food and sanitation. Between October 20 and November 1, 1942, nearly all of the 20,000 Jews remaining in the ghetto were rounded up by the Germans and murdered. Emmanuel was one of the 1.5 million Jewish children were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators.

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• Graceproducts.com