16: Tova Friedman and Mia Yamamoto

Rose tells us about Tova Friedman whose town was invaded by ’s when she was just one-year-old. She was later sent to Auschwitz when she was just five and survived thanks to her amazing mother who went to the ends of the earth to keep her only child safe. Trigger warning for this one, it gets dark but Rose felt it was important to share all the horrible details of what the ’s did to the Jewish people.Mia Yamamoto is a top-rated criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, CA. She was born in 1943 in an WWII Internment Camp as Michael Yamamoto. Being and male-to-female transgender made her life tough. She failed her first two semesters of college, went into the army, then went back to college and law school. Her passion for helping the poor and fighting for the rights of the less fortunate has given her the sense of purpose she has always longed for.The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope by Tova FriedmanPressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine SubscriptionsTola Grossman was five when she was sent to Auschwitz - and escaped death by hiding under a corpse | Daily Mail OnlineYamamoto family photo. Front row: Lawrence, older brother; David Timothy, younger brother; Mia; Monica, sister. Second row: mother Frances Wakayo Yamamoto and father Elmer Shosaku Yamamoto. Last row in center: Steve, oldest brothe r, and Gregory, brother ("Pancho")Mia Yamamoto: PHOTO BY BETHANY MOLLENKOFOchikubo v. BonesteelMia Yamamoto - The Outwords ArchiveCriminal Defense Mia Yamamoto Attorney Talks Race, Identity, CommunityFrom Poston to the Prison Industrial Complex: Mia Yamamoto’s Unwavering Fight for JusticeMia Yamamoto: The Leading Transgender Lawyer Who Came Out Late in Her Career