At age 10, on the eve of World War II, Westheimer was sent to Switzerland by her parents. Becoming Dr. Ruth A black and white, head-and-shoulders portrait of a young girl with dark, chin-length hair, looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a collared shirt with a pattern of small dots and a plaid jumper over it.
Ruth Westheimer stood just 4'7", but her voice reached millions.
Born Karola Ruth Siegel in 1928 in Wiesenfeld, Germany, she grew up in an observant Jewish home... until everything changed.
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