Leah Johnson - Meeting future husband
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Leah Johnson - Meeting future husband
Leah Johnson - Meeting future husband
Transcript: We were at that time in the woods with Tuvia Bielski, with our commander. And we had to separate because the German was attacking us, so Tuvia Bielski said we have to separate. Me, my mother, sister and brothers and a few other people felt helpless. We didn't know where to go so we all just sat under a tree. All of a sudden -- I saw two men walking towards us. One of the men came over and asked us why we were just sitting here? He told us that the Germans were not far away. "You have to get -- " my husband said, "You have to keep going -- if we stayed here, we would be surely be killed." That was my future husband.
Transcript: We were at that time in the woods with Tuvia Bielski, with our commander. And we had to separate because the German was attacking us, so Tuvia Bielski said we have to separate. Me, my mother, sister and brothers and a few other people felt helpless. We didn't know where to go so we all just sat under a tree. All of a sudden -- I saw two men walking towards us. One of the men came over and asked us why we were just sitting here? He told us that the Germans were not far away. "You have to get -- " my husband said, "You have to keep going -- if we stayed here, we would be surely be killed." That was my future husband.