Essay On Regina Magier

I have a pretty interesting history that I didn’t know until now. My great grandmother Regina Magier and my great grandfather Alter (Alex) Magier came to America in 1947 after World War II. It must have been hard to regroup after all they went through during the war. Regina and Alter had a tough childhood in Poland being part of the Holocaust. Regina grew up in Warsaw with her parents and her sister. It had been tough growing up with war all around and never truly being safe. She didn’t have an education growing up and never really learned how to read. It must have been hard growing up the way she did. Regina and Alter spoke Hebrew their whole life before coming to America. It must have been very hard to learn English for the first time. That's what my great grandparents' lives were like back home. At times it was difficult for my great grandparents to live back home. My grandmother didn’t have enough food after her parents were killed so my grandfather had to steal scraps of apples, bread, etc
Both Regina and Alter left Poland because they had no other place to go. After getting taken to Auschwitz Concentration camp Regina had lost everything. Both of their families were killed in Concentration camps. It must have been so hard to have everything they knew just ripped out right in front of them. Just because they were Jewish they got taken away from everyone and everything they loved. They had to leave their home because of World War II and the Holocaust. It must have been hard to grow up with war and destruction all around them. They came to America through Ellis Island, New York because they saw freedom and opportunity. After everyone died and after everything was lost they needed somewhere safe to start a normal life with their only son. Regina was taken from her home at 11 years old. I can’t believe what she had to go through at such a young age. Those are the reasons that my ancestors came to