A few days before Rosh Hashana, 1945, they went to Austria. They were helped by the Baricha, an Israeli group that helped refugees move from one country to another. They were given Greek papers. They crossed the border at night by foot. The people at the borders had already been paid to let them through. The travel- ing was especially hard for Rose because she was eight months pregnant with son Michael. In Austria, they took them to a camp called Trofiach which was near the town of Gratz. The camp was in the English boundary of Austria. They got to the American bound- ary. Rose was nine months pregnant. They went to a displaced person camp in the American zone of Bidenmichel, near Lintz. October 29, 1945, Micheal Chomut (Emmett) was born. He was the first child was born in the Bidenmichel camp. They stayed in the camp for over three years. October of 1948, they began moving toward America. --- January of 1949 they arrived in America. Sponsored by Frank and Dora Shooster. Luba (Laura Oberlander) went to Simon Gratz High School. The only relatives left from my immediate family are two sisters, Nechuma and Rivka. They live with their families in our Jewish land of Israel. Video of Pavo Gerasimchik https://youtu.be/TXhWcUy0nUs
Luba (Laura) Emmett-Oberlander, Michael Chomut Emmett, Rose Chomut Emmett
Video of Laura Overlander https://youtu.be/ivx7qprlbB8
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Unknown, Yoski and Dora’s Aunt Baila,
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