Shep Drazin + Family: Life After the War (and journey to the US)

By LilDrayDray

  • Shep's Birth

    Shep was born in Vilnas, Lithuania
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    Timespan

    From Shep's birth until his son, Doniel's birth

  • Moves into Bunker Underground

    Shep and his family had to live in a bunker underground in order to hide from the Nazis during World War II

  • Moves Out of the Bunker Underground

    Shep and his family decided to leave their bunker because the Nazis were fleeing into the woods, where the bunker was, from getting killed.

  • Goes to Lodez in Poland

  • Goes to Berlin

  • Goes to DP Camp

    The DP (Displaced Person) Camp was near Munich and it was called "Farenwald". Shep was 10 years old when him and his family moved to the camp.

  • Board US Troopship in Hamburg

    Shep and his family decided to move to America. They spent 2 1/2 weeks on the Atlantic Ocean journeying to New York City.
  • Arrive in New York City

    Arrive in New York City

    After 2 1/2 weeks aboard the US Troopship

  • Moshe Gets Job as Rabbi of a Shochet in RI

    Moshe was Shep's father
  • Shep Attends School at Providence Hebrew Day School

    Shep Attends School at Providence Hebrew Day School

  • Shep Goes to Boarding School

    Shep is sent to Lebovitch Yeshiva. He learns full time there as a student until his is 18 and then continues Yeshiva learning at night during his college years

  • Sarah Leah is Born

    Sarah Leah is Shep's younger sister
  • Sarah Leah Dies

    Sarah Leah Dies

    Shep's younger sister, Sarah Leah, passes away at the young age of two from a mysterious brain incident

  • Shep Begins Learning at Brooklyn College

  • Shep Begins Learning at CCNY

    CCNY stood for City College of New York

  • Shep Marries Rae Ehrman

    Shep and Rae met on a blind date in Manhattan in 1963 and married a year after

  • Tzvi Noam is Born

    Shep and Rae have their first son

  • Doniel is Born

    Shep and Rae have their second son

  • Shep and Rae buy house on Bagley Avenue

    They still live there today

  • Shep's parents (Bertha and Moshe) move to California

    Bertha and Moshe decide to move to California from Rhode Island