Holocaust items put on display for remembrance day Published:
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 7:59 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday,
January 27, 2013 at 7:59 p.m. JERUSALEM (AP) — When Stella
Knobel's family fled World War II Poland in 1939, the only thing
the 7-year-old girl could take with her was her teddy bear. For
the next six years, the stuffed animal never left her side as
the family wandered through the Soviet Union, to Iran and
finally the Holy Land. "He was like family. He was all I had. He
knew all my secrets," the 80-year-old said with a smile. "I
saved him all these years. But I worried what would happen to
him when I died." So when she heard about a project launched by
Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial and museum, to
collect artifacts from aging survivors, she reluctantly handed
over her beloved bear Misiu, Polish for "teddy bear," so the
memories of the era could be preserved. "We've been through a
lot together, so it was hard to let him go," said Knobel, who
was widowed 12 years ago and h