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My mother, Ruth Keller, (née Advokat), was born in Vienna in 1928.  Her family fled after Kristallnacht, arriving in Belgium and eventually into France. Her parents were deported and perished in the Holocaust. Ruth was saved in the village of Chabannes through the efforts of the Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE).  She was never far from those with whom she survived at Chabannes.  Neither time nor distance could sever her deep ties to her ‘other family’.  Seeing this special attachment to her fellow Children of Chabannes, I grew up learning the importance of friendship, connectedness, trust and devotion. 

 

Ruth Keller

Vienna, Austria