Siblings reunited 65 years after being separated during Holocaust

[Behind the Aegis]

With tears filling his eyes, Simon Glasberg hugged Hilda Shlick. "I can't stop kissing her," the 81-year-old said in heavily accented English. "After 65 years, I have found the sister who I love."

Until a month ago, Shlick was convinced she had lost nearly her entire family in the Holocaust. But two internet-savvy grandsons uncovered a tragic tale of a different sort - one of a family torn apart by war and genocide - and reunited two siblings who each thought the other was dead.

Improved technology in recent years has made the task of tracking down Holocaust survivors easier, but as each year passes fewer and fewer remain.

Using the database of Holocaust victim's at Yad Vashem Israel's Holocaust memorial, two of Shlick's grandchildren, Benny and David, began unearthing a mystery spanning six decades and three continents.


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