Blanka at about 1 year old, ca. 1923. She received this photograph many years later, after she came to America, from her grandmother's half brother. Photograph »
"The Three Musketeers." Three school friends, in the Lodz ghetto. Left: Lola Tenenbaum Rapoport, who survived with her husband. Center: Niusia Friedman, who was killed in Auschwitz. Lola sent this photo to Blanka from Australia. Blanka (right) says "It's my only memento of the ghetto." Photograph »
Blanka's embarkation card for the SS Marine Marlin, with a sailing date in 1947. Photograph »
Abraham Kaplan and his wife Maria at their home in Paterson, New Jersey. He was the half brother of Blanka's grandmother. Blanka lived with Abraham and Maria when she came to the US. She loved them dearly. Photograph »
Wedding photo of Blanka and her husband Harry in an Oregon newspaper. Blanka has no other photo of their wedding. "The war taught me that things are not important," she says. Photograph »
Blanka and Harry in Oregon after they were married. Photograph »
Blanka (middle row, third from right) graduates to become a pediatric nurse. December 1947. Photograph »
Blanka and Harry celebrate their wedding anniversary in a New York café. At the time, Blanka was expecting their first child. Photograph »
Blanka's daughter, Shelly, born 1951. Photograph »
Wedding of Blanka's daughter, Shelly, in 1974 at a temple in New York. Photograph »
Blanka (right) with her daughter, Shelly, after Shelly's wedding. New York, 1974. Photograph »
Blanka and Harry with their first and only grandchild, Alexis Danielle. Photograph »
Blanka with her granddaughter, Alexis Danielle, and family dog. Photograph »
Blanka's granddaughter, Alexis Danielle. Photograph »
Shelly and Alexis Danielle, Blanka's daughter and granddaughter. Photograph »
Harry teaching granddaughter Alexis Danielle how to swim, probably in San Diego, California. Photograph »
Blanka's daughter Shelly, son-in-law, and granddaughter Alexis Danielle on vacation. Photograph »
Blanka and Harry with their daughter Shelly, son-in-law, and granddaughter Alexis Danielle. San Diego, California. Photograph »
Blanka's granddaughter Alexis Danielle graduates from university in May 2000. Photograph »
Blanka's granddaughter, Alexis Danielle, and her fiancé. Photograph »
Blanka Rothschild holds one of her prewar family photographs. 2004. Photograph »
2004 portrait of Blanka Rothschild. Photograph »
Blanka Rothschild, 2004. Photograph »
Blanka Rothschild and Neenah Ellis look through Blanka's photograph albums. 2004. Photograph »
