“MY CHILDHOOD HOME”
Esther Krinitz (née Nisenthal) was born into a Jewish family in Mniszek, Poland, on a farm near the Vistula River. Lacking childhood photos, the Holocaust survivor embroidered the family portrait above for her two daughters. It shows Esther hauling water up a hill toward her house as she’s warmly greeted by her siblings and parents.
“THE NAZIS ARRIVE”
Life changed forever for Esther Krinitz’s family when the Nazis entered her Polish village on horseback in September 1939. Esther, shown here at age 12, watched from afar with friends as the men rode