The Karbenovich Brothers

Hitler's Nazi soldiers slaughtered Benjamin (right), his wife, and their oldest daughter, probably on a June day, 1941.  This happened right in front of the couple's two younger daughters. The sisters ran for their lives ... to freedom.  

In a displaced persons' camp, they each met their future spouses.  One sister went to Brazil where her husband had family.  The husband of the other had a sister who was living in America.  After he contacted her, she located Carl (shown in photo, standing with sword), who was listed in the Brooklyn phone book.

They met, and afterwards Carl  arranged for her brother and his niece to get to Canada. There they lived good lives. Every year just in time for the holidays, they sent Carl a coat and a suit. For about 40 years they did this, until Carl's death in 1985. Sometimes they would send a jacket.

Russian inscription on photo, translated in 1998 by Dina Abramowicz, Research Librarian at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

"For remembrance,
To my dear sister,
Luba Zilberstein,
From me, Benjamin, and
Kimel [Carl] Karbenovich"

After World War II had ended, Anna found Carl Karben in the Brooklyn telephone directory. 

Irene and Morris Rosenberg eventually relocated to Florida,  where this photo was taken in 1983.  

Three 1st cousins -- Artie, Dorothy & Irene -- rendezvous
chez Artie & Shirley Karben for a Florida holiday, 1983

Carl Karben and his brother, Benjamin, had a brother who came to America long before Carl.  He settled in Chicago, spelled his name "Karbin," and had three children, including a daughter, Dorothy.   Above, Dorothy Karbin Goldberg smiles in the embrace of Artie and Shirley.  Her husband, Irving Goldberg, probably took the photo the day they visited Artie and Shirley. They were joined by the Rosenbergs, who had by then moved to Florida from Montreal.