TIFFANY SHLAIN

"My grandfather George Shlain, who was from a large Ukrainian Jewish family, escaped from Odessa, Ukraine and arrived in Detroit in the 1920s. Most of his family in Ukraine were killed for being Jewish. In Detroit he managed to build a life with my grandmother Frances where they raised 4 children, the youngest being my father. My maternal grandparents, Lillian Rosenthal & Herman Lewis, Jr, and my mom are also from Detroit. I am thinking of all of them … I made it while thinking of my family escaping Ukraine."