My father was a diamond polisher, as were many Jews in Amsterdam before World War II. He died when I was 12, and afterward Grandfather came to live with us.
وُلدتُ في عائلة يهودية في امستردام ،‏ هولندا ،‏ سنة ١٩٠٨ ،‏ وكنت المولودة الثانية بين ثلاث فتيات .‏