Mary Weinrib was born on July 16, 1925, in Warsaw, Poland. She was born Mary Mania (Malka) Rubinstein. She grew up in Wierzbnik, a Jewish town that was part of Starachowice, Poland.
Her mother was Rose Rubinstein, a dressmaker. Her father, Gershon Rubinstein, was a butcher. The family, which included a younger sister (Ida) and a younger brother (Harold, lived in Warsaw until Mary was about five years old. They moved to the father’s hometown of Wierzbnik, the Jewish section of the larger industrial city of Starachowice.
On Sept. 1, 1939, German forces invaded Poland, effectively starting the Second World War. At the beginning of 1940, the Jews of German-occupied Starachowice were required to wear a white armband with a blue Star of David. On April 2, 1940, they were put into what became known as the Wierzbnik Ghetto, where they lived under armed guard.
She was eventually sent to a labor camp in Starachowice, where she manufactured ammunition for the Nazis’ war efforts. Later she was sent to Auschwitz, where she met Morris Weinrib, her future husband, whom she reunited with after being liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945. The couple eventually moved to Canada
Now I know that most of you will not know who Mary Weinrib is, but this may help you.
Mary Weinrib is the mother of Gary Lee Weinrib, aka Geddy Lee, the frontman of Canadian rock trio Rush.
Sources
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn702003
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rush-rockers-mom-an-auschwitz-survivor-was-his-biggest-fan
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