Date of Birth: April 5, 1910

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Date of Aliyah: 1935

Story: Fleeing Nazi persecution, Leamade Aliyah in 1935 and worked as a nurse in Haifa, assisting new immigrants
escaping Europe.

 

Questions:

1. What was the impact of Nazi persecution on the Jewishcommunity in Germany, and how did it lead to Lea’s Aliyah?
 

2. What role did Lea play in helping new immigrants settle inPalestine?

3. How did events in Europe during the 1930s shape the fifthwave of Aliyah?