Kaplan, Sonia

Sonia Chelemska Kaplan was born in Wlodzimierz Volynski, Poland. Her father was a rabbi and her mother owned two variety stores. In September 1939, the Germans invaded Poland. The eastern part of Poland, where Sonia was from, came under the occupation of the Russians. In 1941, the Germans pushed the Russians out and occupied the eastern part of Poland. Very soon after, the Nazis made a ghetto and they started to raid and murder as many Jews as they could. The official murdering by the Nazis began in 1942 with the first pogrom. At this time, Sonia's entire family was murdered at the hands of th...