Sunday, May 11, 2008

Dorrith Oppenheim skiing in the woods

Dorrith Oppenheim (now Sim) is the daughter of Hans and Trudi (Lindenfeld) Oppenheim. She was born August 12, 1931in Kassel, Germany, where her father was a salesman. On July 24, 1939, Dorrith was sent on a Kindertransport to Edinburgh, Scotland. Both of her parents were deported to Auschwitz, where they perished in October 1944. (Photo taken in 1935. Courtesy of www.ushmm.org)