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I am descended from two Esthers.

My paternal great-grandmother, Esther, was born in Russia.

After being forced out of her homeland due to pogroms, she found herself in what is now Belarus.

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She later married Elias and they moved to Budapest, where it was safe for them, even during World War I. She raised her four children, including my grandfather, Izso. Esther lived with him and his wife, Shari, after becoming widowed.

During the Nazi occupation of Hungary, Izso died. Esther, Shari, her children, and other family members were taken to a ghetto, a brick factory outside of Budapest. They were left outdoors without food or protection from the elements and were eventually loaded into cattle cars and taken to Auschwitz.

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My father was separated from the women, who clung together to help Esther walk—her legs swollen from the days on the train.

The women were immediately taken to the gas chamber.

On the first day of my father’s internmen