Tola Gilbert

"Be strong – you will live to be liberated. There is always a future, no matter how hard it comes. We went through hell before we saw the future."

Name at birth
Tauba Zaks
Date of birth
01/01/1920
Where were you born?
Name of father, occupation
Mendel, businessman, owned a grocery/deli store
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Helen Kleiman, homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, Regina, Sylvia, Tauba (Tola), Romek, Manya (Maria), Rosa, and Sima
Who survived the Holocaust?
Me and four of my sisters – Sylvia, Regina, Manya, Rosa
Name of Ghetto(s)
Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)
Occupation after the war
homemaker and helped Martin with our grocery business
Spouse
Morton Gilbert, homebuilder
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
Be strong – you will live to be liberated. There is always a future, no matter how hard it comes. We went through hell before we saw the future.

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