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The Story of Rina Quint

"They Gave Me Life"

In 1946, Rina emigrated to the United States where she was eventually adopted by a Jewish couple who didn't have children. Rina earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education and worked as a teacher in schools and, as a University lecturer in New York and in Jerusalem. In 1984, Rina and her husband emigrated to Israel with their four children who were already married. Rina has been volunteering for more than 30 years at Yad Vashem where she meets with groups from around the world

The Story of Rina Quint

"They Gave Me Life"

Rina Quint was born in 1935 in the city of Piotrkow Tribunalski, Poland. In 1939, when Rina was three years old, the Nazis invaded and occupied her hometown. In October 1942, her mother and her two older brothers were deported to the extermination camp of Treblinka where they were murdered. Rina, who was not yet seven years old, was deported with her father to a concentration camp, where she pretended to be a boy in order to survive. When Rina's father was murdered, she was left alone in the camp. She was finally sent to Bergen Belsen.concentration camp

April 1945, Two Survivors After Liberation, Bergen-Belsen, Germany

Online Exhibition: The Jewish Community of Piotrków Trybunalski

Pedagogical TIP:

Upon watching this video, the educator can facilitate and moderate a discussion regarding the following materials, i.e. present prewar life in the community, discuss the individual, family story of the survivor in the context of the local community, etc