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Janine Weber was born in Poland in 1932 and following the Nazi Soviet

Pact in 1939, Janine and her family were forced into a ghetto on the

outskirts of Lvov. Soon after, her mother contracted typhus and died, aged just 29, prompting Janine's uncle to find a Polish farmer who was willing

to hide Janine and her aunt, although this proved to be the start of a series of new ideals. In the end, Janine moved back to Vov and to a convent

until the city was liberated in early 1945. After the war, Janine's aunt returned and took Janine to Paris before Janine came to the UK in

1956 where she met and married her husband, with whom she had two sons and two grandsons.

Now Janine lives in London where she spends time sharing her testimony which is what she's

here to do today.

Welcome Janine.

So how are you today?

I am fine.

Good.

You've traveled far to be here, thank you so much.

Yes, but I don't mind.

I think I want to carry on and speak about what happened to my family to other Jews and to me.

So tell us a little bit about your childhood, where you grew up and a bit of context for the time.

I was born in eastern Poland in a town called L'Vov.

Now it's a bit complicated because when I was born it was Poland. Unfortunately now it's not

Poland anymore. I say unfortunately because Lvov is a very beautiful town and it was the third

biggest Polish town with a very big Jewish community, 150,000.

So it was Poland, but it's now Ukraine.

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