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Rachel Lisogurski

Rachel Lisogurski (1911–1998) was born in Grodzisk, Poland; her daughter, Chana Broder, was born in Siemiatycze, Poland, in 1938. After the war, they lived in a displaced persons camp in Italy, immigrating to Montreal in 1948. Rachel first wrote her memoir in 1967 as a way to improve her English. In 1972, Chana and her family moved to Israel, where Chana became an esl teacher. She later reunited with the descendants of her wartime rescuers and had them recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Chana lives in Israel.