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Chess set – the only remaining item from the Rennert family home

In 1941 the Rennert family was deported from the town of Vijnita (Vishnitz), Bukovina beyond the Dniester River. The arduous journey through Transnistria began with a journey to the city of Mogilev on a train jam-packed with deportees.

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Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria
Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Aaron Rennert, Israel

Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria
Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.
Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.

Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.
Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.
Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.

Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.
Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.
Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.

Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.
Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria
Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria
Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.
Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.
Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.
Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.
Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.
Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.
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