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Ester Kant
1912-1942

  • Was born in 1912* in Bochnia near Krakow, Poland and was the eighth child in the Kant family.

  • She was affiliated with the Akiba Zionist movement branch in Bochnia

  • Ester had an outstanding artistic talent.

  • In 1938 she was given the opportunity of immigration to Palestine which she declined in favor of caring for her elderly mother.

  • In March 1941 she was relocated to ghetto Bochnia.

  • On the first Aktion of August 1942 she was taken to Belzec death camp never to be seen again.

  • Ester was 29 years old when she was murdered by the Nazis.
    She was a good hearted woman and a dedicated daughter.

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