Her father had decided to help his children escape! It was risky decision. Perhaps the rumur was untrue. And crossing the Ghetto checkpoint without permission meant immediate death.

But he also made another choice, perhaps even more difficult. He decided that the eldest of his two daughters would escape first. Both of these decisions were near impossible to make, but one wonders how and why he decided that his older daughter would be the first. How difficult it must have been for him to make such a decision.

Ironically, fate stepped in. Lillian became sick. Her younger sister would be the first to attempt escape. Lillian's mother led her younger sister in to say good-bye, and Lillian too made a fateful decision.

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