Too Small to Matter

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Edith was born in 1932 in the city of Czernowitz, at that time German- speaking Bukowina in Romania. She went to a German school, but after the Russian occupation of 1940 she had to switch to a Russian school. In 1941, fascist Romania together with their Nazi German allies reoccupied Bukowina and schooling for Jewish children was prohibited. The only education possible was home tutoring.

In 1943 at the age of eleven, Edith started her clandestine escape from Czernowitz along with her parents as part of a small group of Jewish academics. The goal was to reach Palestine that was at the time a British Mandate protectorate. The journey that, in peace time, should have taken a few days by train, took the group, through enormous hurdles and grave perils, two years.

In 1945, finally in Palestine with only their clothes on their backs, life continued to be a constant battle. It took years but eventually the family established itself and once again, life became worth living. In Tel Aviv, Edith attended the Herzelia high school and later graduated with the London Matriculation. In 1950, Edith was drafted into the I.D.F. (Israeli Defense Forces) for the compulsory two years and served in the military police. In 1954 Edith was employed with the Israeli Government Tourist Office at Lod airport. In 1957 she participated in an El Al school for Flight attendants and was with the airline until she married Uri H. Sommerfeld in 1961. The couple lived in Savyon, Israel and together raised their three sons from previous marriages and daughter Daniela. In 1982 the couple and daughter emigrated to Toronto, Canada where they live until this very day.