Writer. Teacher. Fighter. Romantic. Born Nov. 17, 1921 in Jaslo, Poland; died Dec. 3, 2018, in Ottawa, of congestive heart failure; aged 97
Lena made a promise with God during the Second World War that if she and her family survived, she would work toward a better world. When the war ended, and she, her brother and parents miraculously survived, that is exactly what she spent her life doing.
Lena and Sigmond moved from Poland to Paris, where Sigmond worked as a diplomat and Lena a journalist, while also continuing her studies at the University of Paris. In 1951, abandoning the Communism of Eastern Europe, they made their way to Canada, deciding upon Montreal where they could speak French and live in one of the largest Jewish communities in Canada. There, they raised their two sons, Michel and Jacques.
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