Cyna Glatstein (z”l)

Cyna Glatstein (z”l) was born on March 16, 1928, in Sochachev, Poland, the daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Wolman (z”l) and Hanna Ehrenkrantz Wolman (z”l). During the Holocaust she was in Sochachev Ghetto and Warsaw Ghetto, and later hid, by using false papers and passing as a Christian, in several villages and towns in Poland and Germany.

Cyna was married to Rabbi Mordecai Glatstein (z”l) for 70 years; they had three children together. She has continued to study Hebrew and secular subjects throughout her life. Mrs. Glatstein had three sisters and two brothers; only one sister, Rachel Wolman Jacobowitz (z”l), survived the Holocaust. The rest of her immediate and extended family, including her parents, perished.

Cyna passed away on September 22, 2017.