PEOPLE NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE

The Writer's Almanac (MPR, June 4, 2003)

It's the birthday of sex expert "Dr. Ruth," Ruth Westheimer , born Karola Ruth Siegel in Frankfurt, Germany (1928) to Orthodox Jewish parents. The Nazis came to power, and in 1939 her family decided to flee Germany. But her grandmother refused to go, so Ruth was sent to safety at a Swiss school. She never saw her family again. After the war she moved to Palestine, joined the underground movement fighting for a Jewish state, and trained as a sniper.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 4, 2003 8:58 PM