Ella’s Inspiring Story and Care at HaTikva Dental
Ella is 94 years old. Born in Vityabsk, Belarus, with clarity of mind, she told her story as though it happened yesterday. She was 11 when she, her mother and two little brothers were evacuated to Saratov, 4 days after Nazi soldiers entered their city. It was a month long trip on a freight train. […]
Lilia’s Journey: A Holocaust Survivor’s Resilience and Gratitude
Lilia is a Holocaust survivor who came to Israel from Odessa, Ukraine. Her parents were doctors. As a doctor, her dad was taken to the frontline immediately, where he was killed. Soon after, the Nazis entered Odessa and started to control the territory. Together with her mother, they miraculously made it onboard the second ship […]
Serving Holocaust Survivors with Dental Care
Regina is a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor. She came to HaTikva Dental in need of dental treatment and a partial denture. She lived under Nazi occupation during the war. These were horrible times. She eventually grew up in an orphanage, because all her family and relatives, about 90 people in total were killed by the evil […]
Eva’s Story of Hope and Healing
Eva is an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor from the Kharkiv region, Ukraine who made Aliyah to Israel 21 years ago. She was born three days before WWII began. Right after the war started, her parents left everything behind and fled to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where kind people helped them survive. She says those people were a miracle […]
HaTikva Dental Providing Compassion and Care
Mara and David are 85 years old. They have lived in Israel for 34 years after immigrating from Baku, Azerbaijan after the war. During the war, they were in Baku and thankfully weren’t as terrorized as others in different republics of the USSR – although Mara remembers that there was hunger. They found out about […]
Esther’s Remarkable Story of Survival and Heartfelt Thanks
It is impossible not to notice Ester is such an open-hearted, kind, and sweet woman, who at 83 years old, not only gave us great feedback but also shared with us her amazing life story.