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Show Transcript MAKE SURE HISTORY IS NOT FORGOTTEN. WE STOPPED IN MONEY GAINED SHOULD WE DID PAINT ON LOCATION. AT AGE 95, RUTH CAN LOOK AT ONE OF HER MANY SCENIC WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS AND KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS WHEN SHE PAINTED IT. THIS IS ALSO A FANTASY. DIETING IN THE OLDEN DAYS. WE SAT DOWN WITH RUTH IN HANOVER WHERE SHE NOW LIVES. SURROUNDED HER ARTWORK. HER PAINTINGS ARE FILLED WITH BRIGHT COLORS AND LIGHT. THIS IS BROOKLYN. THAT IS CONEY ISLAND. A STARK CONTRAST TO THE DARK MEMORIES OF HER CHILDHOOD. SHE WAS BORN IN GERMANY. UNTIL AGE 11, HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE. MY FATHER WAS A BUSINESSMAN. MY MOTHER ATTENDED TO OUR HOME. WE HAD A STEADY MADE ALSO A STEADY MAID ALSO. SHE HAD BEEN WITH US FOR MANY YEARS. UNTIL ADOLF HITLER ROSE TO POWER IN 1933. HE SAID HE IS GOING TO GET RID OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. SOON AFTER, THERE WERE SIGNS IN STORES AND ESTABLISHMENTS, JEWS ARE NOT WANTED. JEWS ARE
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She travels to the most rural parts of the state, how this meter reading utility worker savors it all with her camera. Share Updated: 2:17 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021
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