Devorah Gutterman – Episode 4

Hiding in plain sight was sometimes the only option. Devorah Gutterman, with her baby in toe, was faced with the insurmountable question of how to survive as a Jew in Poland in 1942. Devorah moved desperately from place to place with forged Polish identity papers for protection. She and her daughter were dependent on the assistance of individuals in her community to survive, unable to completely trust anyone as she assimilated into her Catholic surroundings. The complete story of Devorah Gutterman’s Holocaust journey can be found in To Life: The Past Is Present, Holocaust Stories of Hampton Roads Survivors, Rescuers, and Liberators. For information about Devorah — and to bookmark the webpage where future episodes of this podcast AND behind-the-scenes content will live, please visit https://holocaustcommission.jewishva.org/stars-among-us. Distributed by WHRO Public Media