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The tragedy of the lost Yemenite children: In the footsteps of the adoptees
"Between the years 1948 and 1952, thousands of Yemenite babies, children of immigrants to the newly-founded State of Israel were allegedly taken away from their parents and given up for adoption to Ashkenazi families. Now, poet and activist Shlomi Hatuka goes back and speaks to the adoptees about one of the most painful, covered-up stories in the history of the state."
"By Shlomi Hatuka (translated by Miriam Erez)
Dedicated to my grandmother, who gave birth to twins in a hospital, and came home with only one of them. May her memory be a blessing."
This boy found out he was adopted and his adoption file contains absolutely no information about who his natural parents were. Noone signed over rights.
This girl only found out she was adopted at 12, she was a lucky one, she ultimately found her natural parents, she had been stolen but her father never stopped looking for her.
"She [my adoptive mother] told me she couldnt have children and that she and Dad went to WIZO to ask to adopt [there] they were taken into a large room and told, Pick out whoever you want and take them. Mom says it was like a marketplace. Many, many crying children. Dad wandered around for a long time and finally picked me. They took me and left. (Mashiach 95"
The tragedy of the lost Yemenite children: In the footsteps of the adoptees | +972 Magazine
Thousands of children were taken from their natural parents and given to Ashkenazi families.
And the tragedy lives on, there are no records to unite these children with their natural parents.
"Between the years 1948 and 1952, thousands of Yemenite babies, children of immigrants to the newly-founded State of Israel were allegedly taken away from their parents and given up for adoption to Ashkenazi families. Now, poet and activist Shlomi Hatuka goes back and speaks to the adoptees about one of the most painful, covered-up stories in the history of the state."
"By Shlomi Hatuka (translated by Miriam Erez)
Dedicated to my grandmother, who gave birth to twins in a hospital, and came home with only one of them. May her memory be a blessing."
This boy found out he was adopted and his adoption file contains absolutely no information about who his natural parents were. Noone signed over rights.
This girl only found out she was adopted at 12, she was a lucky one, she ultimately found her natural parents, she had been stolen but her father never stopped looking for her.
"She [my adoptive mother] told me she couldnt have children and that she and Dad went to WIZO to ask to adopt [there] they were taken into a large room and told, Pick out whoever you want and take them. Mom says it was like a marketplace. Many, many crying children. Dad wandered around for a long time and finally picked me. They took me and left. (Mashiach 95"
The tragedy of the lost Yemenite children: In the footsteps of the adoptees | +972 Magazine
Thousands of children were taken from their natural parents and given to Ashkenazi families.
And the tragedy lives on, there are no records to unite these children with their natural parents.
