Adoption Month: From Strangers to Family

A notice on the shoe factory’s bulletin board prompted the British couple to volunteer. They knew little; a Jewish child fleeing Nazi Germany needed a safe home. What began as a good deed blossomed into bonds that lasted a lifetime. When Harry and Dot Harrison greeted two-year-old Esther on their doorstep, they never imagined that over eight years she would become like a daughter to them. On November 21, 2022 the Museum commemorated Adoption Month with the story of Holocaust survivor Esther Starobin.
This episode was made possible in part by the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation.