Shoshana Ovitz is a Holocaust survivor from Israel who just celebrated her 104th birthday in the best way possible.
When asked how she wanted to celebrate her birthday, Shoshana said that all she wanted was for “all my children, grandchildren and descendants to come together to the Western Wall” so she could look at all of them and pray for each and every one of them. Her family members were all too happy to oblige, and they all showed up for the “emotional” birthday celebration.
Survival to Triumph: Shoshana Ovitz, survived #Auschwitz. She witnessed Mengele take her mother. After the war, she married Dov who lost his wife & children in the #ConcentrationCamps. She celebrated her 104th birthday by asking all her offspring to join her at the #WesternWall. pic.twitter.com/1zJU1wOwHX
— Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) August 7, 2019
Shoshana survived the horrific Auschwitz concentration camp 74 years ago. Afterwards, she met her husband Dov, who lost his wife and four daughters in the Holocaust. They spent years searching for relatives together in Austria before moving to Haifa, where they had two daughters and two sons.
“We do not have an exact number, but there are probably 400 grandchildren and descendants,” Panini Friedman said of the celebration.
During the gathering, Shoshana prayed that her family members would get “everything they need.”
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She celebrated her 104th birthday and as a gift she asked that all her offspring gather to the Western Wall…
Beautiful! pic.twitter.com/1mudxktueT
— Yoni Michanie (@jmich019) August 7, 2019
“Only in the middle,” said Shoshana’s oldest granddaughter, who traveled from Belgium, “did we realize the size of the event. Everyone was there with tears in their eyes.”
The Auschwitz Museum took to Twitter to call the celebration a “moving image.”
To celebrate her 104th birthday, #Auschwitz survivor Shoshana Ovitz asked all her descendants come together to #Jerusalem for prayer at the Western Wall.
Moving image. pic.twitter.com/hpUgreVOgq
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) August 7, 2019
“This is the triumph of life over death, and good over evil,” added the New York Post Editorial Board.
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