Just a child at the outbreak of WWII, Ariella Palacz was born to a Jewish family in France.
In an attempt to save the children, the family was separated. Ariella's mother was hospitalized, as she was unable to care for them. The children were sent off to a remote village, hidden under false identities and raised as Christians.
When the war was over, their father came to take them back. He was alone. Ariella's mother had been killed by the Nazis.
In 1970, Ariella immigrated to Israel together with her husband Eitan and children Yoram and Yael. Her third child – Keren – was born in Israel. She lived in Jerusalem and worked in the Yad VaShem Holocaust museum where she told her story to thousands of visitors from all backgrounds. Ariella was a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother.
Ariella passed away in 2017
