Matthew Korfhage NorthJersey.com | USA TODAY NETWORK – NEW JERSEY
Tova Friedman’s mother always told her the truth. The truth, she knew, was the only thing that could keep her daughter alive. So when Friedman’s grandparents were murdered by Nazis in 1942, in the Jewish ghetto of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, her parents did not shield their 4-year-old daughter from the terrible facts. Never let them see you cry, Reizel Grossman told her daughter. Crying will make you a target. Don’t look a Nazi in the eye. Don’t wear a hat or scarf when they are present. These things, too, could mean death.