1948
Ruth and Helen were sent to the American Zone to a Displaced Person’s Camp. Ruth met Karl, who registered her.
1949
Ruth married Karl who was also a survivor. Ruth and Karl moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he had family. Helen moved with them. Ruth and Karl had three girls and a boy. Karl owned Diamond’s Appliance Center.
2002
Ruth finally told her story after years of silence. She had never told her children because the memories were too painful.
2004
Karl Diamond died April 5 in Memphis, Tennessee.
2016
May 5: Ruth participated in the 54th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration, lighting a candle with other survivors at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, in memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Ruth Diamond lives in Memphis, Tennessee.