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"Don't Give Up" - The Story of Roman Gessler

Roman Gessler was born in 1937 in Bielsko-Biala, southern Poland, to his parents Eduard and Dora Gessler. He had two siblings, Elek and Lili. In 1938, Elisabeth Leja Hedwig, a Polish Catholic nanny of ethnic German descent (Volksdeutsche), joined the family. She was hired to assist in the care of the three children. Following the German occupation in September 1939 the family was forced to flee eastward. After reaching the city of Lwow (today Lviv), Roman's mother committed suicide. Elisabeth decided to stay and help care for the children. At the end of 1941 Roman's father and older brother Elek were able to escape to Budapest, while Lili and Roman stayed with Elisabeth. In March 1942, she decided to follow Eduard and Elek and headed with the children to Hungary, crossing a treacherous path through the Carpathian Mountains. They eventually managed to reach Budapest. In August 1944 the family continued to Romania where they remained until the end of the war. After the war, Roman moved to Vienna, where he completed his studies. He immigrated to Israel, enlisted in the IDF and fought as a paratrooper in the Sinai War, including at the Battle of the Mitla Pass. Once completing his army service he returned abroad, living in different countries and working in programming and computers. Roman married and had children and grandchildren.