‘I didn’t know about my Jewish roots’

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Journalist Michael Goldfarb lost several family members during the Holocaust, but he was raised a Jew and has always known about his family tragedy. In Ukraine, where his family is originally from, some people have long hid their Jewish identity to avoid anti-Semitism – meaning that many discover their Jewish roots and the trauma of the events of World War II later in life. Goldfarb speaks to Nadia Gochman, who was born in Western Ukraine, about what it was like finding out aged 14 that she was actually Jewish and lived in a city where many Jews were killed. Photo Credit: Getty Images