After the German occupation in 1941, the Jews were imprisoned in the Ghetto.  Her father was taken by the Germans, and is believed to have been murdered in Treblinka.  Ester’s mother decided to escape from the Ghetto, together with her children.  They hid in the house of a Polish family.  When the Germans began searching the house, the Polish family moved Ester and her family to a field which they owned.  The Poles were afraid to bring food to Ester and her family, and thus they remained in the field with no food.

After one month of starvation, Ester’s mother and brother went out in search of food.  A short time later, Ester and her remaining brother heard their mother begging for her life, and then they heard three shoots.  When they looked out, they saw the bodies of their brother and mother.

That same night, the Polish farmer tied Ester and her brother up in sacks, and moved them by cart to a different field.  During the day, they hid in separate haystacks, and at night the farmer would bring them food.  They remained there until they were liberated by the Russian Army.

Since immigrating to Israel, Ester lives on Kibbutz Merhaviah.  She has four children and ten grandchildren.