Aileen Frydrych (nee Rabinowicz) was born in 1931 in Crevitz, a small town in Poland near Vilna. She fled the town ghetto for the Soviet Union with her mother, Ester, just hours before the ghetto was bombed in 1942. Aileen and her mother were unable to make it to the Soviet Union and hid in a forest for two years. Aileen’s older sister, Rivka, hid on a farm but was murdered after being discovered by Polish collaborators. After liberation, they were reunited with Aileen’s father, Mendel, and went to a displaced persons camp in Germany and then to Canada in 1946. She later married Henry Frydrych, who was the only survivor of his family of seven siblings and parents. They built a new life together in Toronto and had two children, seven grandchildren, and now eight great grandchildren. Her story is told by her granddaughter, Kelly Frydrych. Kelly became involved with Carrying Holocaust Testimony from Generation to Generation to share her grandmother’s story and contribute to Holocaust education. She completed medical school at the University of Ottawa and residency at McMaster University. She currently works as a Hospitalist in the Greater Toronto Area.