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Naomi Yakobovich's Holocaust Hanukkah Miracle


(Jerusalem Post) In 1944, Naomi Yakobovich and her family were sent to Auschwitz from their home in Hungary. After a few months, in December Naomi and her older sister were placed in line for the gas chambers. About 20 people were in line before them and then a Hanukkah miracle happened - the chamber ran out of Zyklon B - the cyanide-based pesticide used in the death camps. Naomi and her sister were sent back to the work camp where they survived the rest of the war.
2021-12-02 00:00:00
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