Today we’re telling you a story out of Israel. But like most stories from Israel, it doesn’t begin and stay there. This story centers around Ervin and Hadassa Birnbaum. It’s a story that includes at least five countries, several languages and one very big war, more specifically, World War II.

Ervin and Hadassa Birnbaum live in Netanya in the center of Israel. It’s the kind of neighborhood where everybody knows everybody else.