Max's parents, Taube and Itzik, first met as children in 1925.
Taube was the daughter of a tailor who hired apprentices in his
shop, and Itzik was one such apprentice. The Jewish youngsters
fell in love and dreamed of getting married even though Taube's
family frowned upon the match. 1933-39: In 1938 Taube and Itzik
married. The couple lived in an apartment on 49 Zeromskiego
Street in Radom, where Itzik opened a women's tailor shop. Max
was born in July 1939. He had curly hair and blue eyes like his
father. Two months after he was born, Germany invaded Poland.
The Germans occupied Radom and evicted all the Jews from
Zeromskiego Street. The Rosenblats had to leave everything, even
Max's baby carriage. 1940-42: Radom's Jewish Council assigned
the Rosenblats to a shack, which was enclosed in a Jewish ghetto
in April 1941. Max slept in a homemade bed of straw. He had no
toys and little food. In August 1942, when Max was 3, the
Germans began rounding up and deporting all the Jews in Radom's
two ghettos who could n