Why this Holocaust survivor wears the same hand-knit sweater every Passover
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April 15, 2022
Karen Goldfarb
Karen Goldfarb Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, 97, models the hand-knit sweater that she's worn to the first Passover seder every year for the past 75 years.
(New York Jewish Week) - Every Passover for the last 75 years, Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, has worn a vibrant blue hand-knit sweater to the first seder, which her neighbor hosts in her Upper West Side apartment building.
The sweater is a chic, 1940s number with fluffy angora sleeves, a sparkling metallic blue bodice and a delicate, scalloped V-neck. But this is no ordinary fashion statement. The sweater was knit by Helena's friend, Ann Rothman, who stayed alive during the Holocaust by knitting for Nazi wives while a prisoner in the Lodz Ghetto.
Rothman wa...
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