"That's What I Hope" - The Story of Hannah Pick

Hannah-Elizabeth (Elisheva) Gosler Pick was born in 1928 in Berlin to Hans Gosler and Ruth-Judith née Klay. Hannah's father was Head of the Prussian Press Bureau and adviser to the Minister of Interior of Brandenburg, Germany, her mother was a teacher. In 1933, with the rise of the Nazis to power, Hannah's family moved to England and a year afterwards to Amsterdam. There, at school, Hannah met Anna Frank, also a refugee from Germany. With the German occupation in May 1940, Hannah experienced the discrimination of Jews and the prohibitions imposed on them. In October 1942, while giving birth both the baby and Hannah's mother died. On June 20, 1943, Hannah, her younger sister Gabriella (Gabi), her father and her grandfather were arrested and sent to the Westerbork transit camp. Hannah and Gabi were separated from their father and sent to the orphanage in the camp. In addition to her work cleaning the toilets, Hannah helped care for toddlers in the orphanage. On February 15, 1944, Hannah, her father and her sister were transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In Bergen-Belsen, Hannah had to do forced labor and she took care of her three-year-old sister Gabi. When she was told that Anna Frank was also imprisoned there she managed to establish contact with her and even tried to give her a package of food and clothing. Hanna's father, grandfather and grandmother were murdered in Bergen-Belsen. On April 11, 1945, the camp inmates were evacuated. Hannah had contracted typhus, but was nevertheless taken, together with her sister, in the "lost train" which traveled aimlessly for about two weeks. In June, the Soviets handed them to the Americans and in July, Hannah and her sister returned to Amsterdam. Hannah made Aliah to the Land of Israel in 1947 and lived in Kfar Hasidim. She worked as a nurse in a pediatric ward at the 'Bikkur Holim' Hospital in Jerusalem. Hannah and Walter-Pinchas had three children.
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[@sandy4498]

What a story. I have so much admiration for these people who survived this horrible things and you can hear they are full of love and hope

[@marycahill546]

Hannah made it against all the odds. Anne and Margot Frank didn't. One wonders what those girls would have become had they been given a chance to live. Hate ... is a terrible thing.

[@sparrill]

She seems like such a happy and full of life woman, you would have never known what she went through

[@pearlfirer3038]

Hannah's incredible story and moving testimony is told with clarity and ends with such positivity !-it also enriches ones' knowledge of Anne Frank with her personal insight into their friendship.

[@stradedellabassa-videodica1185]

Thank you for your courage, the humanity, the resilience and your capability to love. Thank you for your witnesses. We will never forget. We can’t.

[@fleurmademoiselle8289]

I have always hoped that I would have the chance to meet them and talk to them personally. I would tell them how impressed I was with their story and how they have inspired many people towards life. ❤💖💝

[@Luke12vs48]

Thank you Yad Vashem - Hannah and all the other courageous ones who share their personal story. These amazing and moving stories must continue to be told - Jew and gentile alike who know the truth have a grave responsibility to educate the young people in this generation and instill in them that responsibility. My husband and I visited Yad Vashem in 2019 and after 12 minutes of being in the museum I was so grief stricken I could not bear staying inside. We sat in the garden for two hours in sorrowful contemplation and prayer, including for Israel and her people. We continue to pray, and we know the Elohim of Israel has not forgotten His people.

[@christiancaulfield1663]

Extremely sad but beautiful in its own little way , HOPE .

[@baz_1239]

I could listen to her stories all day

[@ahuvachambers3333]

Never Forget. I know how life is as a child of parents how were Holocausts survivors. May their sol rest in peace.

[@perlapearlhunter7291]

EXACTLY, speaking of one of my favorite words: HOPE.

[@joalexsg9741]

Beyond words! Thank you ever so much for uploading it here! Much love and respect from Brazil.

[@colettedevigne9420]

Holland remained neutral in WW1...that’s why a lot of European Jews immigrated there before WW2 hoping that if that there was another war it would remain neutral as before. Unfortunately that was not going to happen.

[@paweltrawicki2200]

Very touching moving story Todah

[@ambam90]

Such a hard life.

[@victoriafarrington9943]

Your pains bravery courage and hope make my woes nil. Shalom

[@janetpattison8474]

The journey of who we are as a spiritual being, soul, takes us through every experience imaginable, for good or bad, depending upon our karma. The Non-fiction book written by a rabbi, “return from the ashes”, is a great read.

[@newlight30]

how could G0d fearing people allow all of this to happen