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Prewar portrait of Golda Tenin with her daughter Paulina
Prewar portrait of Golda Tenin with her daughter Paulina, 1935.
The Tenin family was living in the Ukrainian city of Odesa when it was occupied by Romania, an ally of Nazi Germany. In December 1941, Romanian authorities decided to make Odesa free of Jews. Two of Golda's children, Paulina and Rita, were murdered. Paulina was killed in January 1942, likely during deportation. Rita was killed after she was discovered in hiding with non-Jewish neighbors. Golda managed to survive.
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- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mary Galand