Beloved Holocaust Survivor, Nelly was born in Lvov, Poland in April, 1932. She was only seven years old when the Nazis arrived in Poland. Hidden in a room with her mother for nearly two years, she painted watercolors on scraps of paper and maintained a diary. She immigrated to the US following the Holocaust where she became a mother, grandmother, artist, therapist, author, and professor. She wrote "Behind the Secret Window," an award-winning memoir about her years in hiding during WWII. Nelly was instrumental in the creation of the JCRC Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center. Her artwork lives on at Yad Vashem, the Washington Holocaust Museum, and other prestigious institutions. She opened the exhibit “Art from the Holocaust” at the World Center for Holocaust Research in Berlin, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nelly leaves behind her children Sharon and Jeff and daughter-in-law Gail, grandchildren, Sasha, Stefan, Alexei, Danielle, and Josh, as well as great grandchildren Belle, Violet, Jasper and Lexi.