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Sol Rotstein was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923 to parents Hudes and Josef. He had two younger brothers, Motel (Max) and Moishe (Mel). To escape the Nazi uprising, his family sailed to Cuba in hopes of entering the United States. The rest of the Rotstein family who remained in Poland perished. Sol and his family lived in a small Jewish neighborhood in Havana, known as Polandia. Sol helped his father, who worked as a shoemaker. His family was granted entry to the U.S. in 1939. Sol served in the U.S. Army. After the war, Sol married his wife Ruth and had three sons.

 

Sol Rotstein

Warsaw, Poland