Gerda Cole celebrated her 98th birthday at a Toronto care home with her 79-year-old daughter for the first time since she gave her up for adoption to survive the Nazis.
Gerda Cole reunites with her daughter, Sonya Grist, who she was forced to give up for adoption in 1939 during World War II to avoid Jewish persecution.
A 98-year-old Jewish woman reunited with the daughter she placed for adoption 80 years ago after escaping what would become the beginnings of the Holocaust.
A 98-year-old Jewish woman reunited with the daughter she placed for adoption 80 years ago after escaping what would become the beginnings of the Holocaust.
A 98-year-old Jewish woman reunited with the daughter she placed for adoption 80 years ago after escaping what would become the beginnings of the Holocaust.