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Irene Solnick was born August 22, 1937 in Przemyśl, Poland.  Her name at birth was Ruth, but Irene was the Christian name she was given in wartime Poland – to help her to survive the Shoah.  She was raised in a mixed Jewish family, where her grandfather and father were Orthodox, Yiddish-speaking successful merchants, while

Irene Kurtz was born February 2, 1928 in Warsaw, Poland.  She grew up with lots of extended family, and was living a happy life, going to school and celebrating shabbat.  The coming of war in 1939 would shatter that life; it began with restrictions and shortages, and it quickly escalated as the Nazis and their