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UN: P
LN: Solomon
DH: Gavriel Baruch "Gavri" (1910)
DW: Chana Liora "Chani" [Penzak] (1913)
DS: Boaz Akiva (1932)
DS: Aharon Chaim (1934)
DD: Danya Hadar (1936)
DNeice: Shoshana Rivka "Shani" (1926)
DNephew: Tuvia Mordechai (1929)
Beginning Year: 1937
Old Country: Poland
New Country: Israel (pre-nation days)
Gavriel and Chana Solomon married one another in the spring of 1931. Chana's older brother and Gavriel had been best friends since childhood, and it seemed only natural to everyone around them that Gavri and Chani were meant to be married. Soon after they married Chana got pregnant with Boaz and after him with Aharon and then with Danya. Even though these events seemed happy, and they were, neither Chana nor Gavri could be overly delighted. As Jews, they were treated as second class citizens, and especially since Danya was born, things were only going downhill. After months of careful consideration, Gavri and Chana decided to take their three small children and risk everything to move to a strange new land where they knew no one and nothing.When their families heard of their leaving, they were appalled. Conditions in Poland had always been bad, that was nothing new. The only person who truly supported their decision was Chana's brother, the same one who Gavri had always been friends with. He had decided himself to flee, but rather to England, but he wanted Chana to take his children. Their mother was very sick and they had no where else to go. Chana and Gavri, after thinking long and hard, agreed. They would take the two children as their own (for if they didn't the government may not let the two kids come onto the boat). Finally, a few weeks after their daughter's first birthday and with months of planning and saving under their belt, Chana and Gavri made their move. The family would be leaving for their new home in two weeks.
LN: Solomon
DH: Gavriel Baruch "Gavri" (1910)
DW: Chana Liora "Chani" [Penzak] (1913)
DS: Boaz Akiva (1932)
DS: Aharon Chaim (1934)
DD: Danya Hadar (1936)
DNeice: Shoshana Rivka "Shani" (1926)
DNephew: Tuvia Mordechai (1929)
Beginning Year: 1937
Old Country: Poland
New Country: Israel (pre-nation days)
Gavriel and Chana Solomon married one another in the spring of 1931. Chana's older brother and Gavriel had been best friends since childhood, and it seemed only natural to everyone around them that Gavri and Chani were meant to be married. Soon after they married Chana got pregnant with Boaz and after him with Aharon and then with Danya. Even though these events seemed happy, and they were, neither Chana nor Gavri could be overly delighted. As Jews, they were treated as second class citizens, and especially since Danya was born, things were only going downhill. After months of careful consideration, Gavri and Chana decided to take their three small children and risk everything to move to a strange new land where they knew no one and nothing.When their families heard of their leaving, they were appalled. Conditions in Poland had always been bad, that was nothing new. The only person who truly supported their decision was Chana's brother, the same one who Gavri had always been friends with. He had decided himself to flee, but rather to England, but he wanted Chana to take his children. Their mother was very sick and they had no where else to go. Chana and Gavri, after thinking long and hard, agreed. They would take the two children as their own (for if they didn't the government may not let the two kids come onto the boat). Finally, a few weeks after their daughter's first birthday and with months of planning and saving under their belt, Chana and Gavri made their move. The family would be leaving for their new home in two weeks.
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