She was born in a little city in Poland named Oleszyce. Her community consisted of 7,000 families, half of them were Jews. My father, Israel Vogel, was the head of the Jewish community, the head of the Kehillah. In her part of Poland there was a famous Rabbi, the Belzer Rebbe. When she was born there was a big fire in the Rebbe's house. He had many invitations to stay with people while his house in Belz was being rebuilt. His personal secretary, his Gabbai, went to look at all these places and chose ours. Their house was big enough to accommodate the Rebbe's household. This was a great honor. He lived with them for three years.
At this time she was an infant in the cradle. My mother had lost four children. She was supposed to go live in a
