The Kasten family lived in Bukaczowce, Eastern Galicia. The couple escaped from the Rohatyn ghetto with their two small children, and hid in a bunker in the Vitan Forest (today in Ukraine) for two-and-a-half years. Mrs. Shostakower, a villager who knew Joseph Kasten from before the war, brought them food and clothes, including a white dress for Dina.
"I was so excited to take off the sack I'd been wearing and wear a real garment, but what moved my mother most was the thought that I would leave the forest in a white dress."
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Dina Dor, Raanana