Rivka Teyer (née Shumowitz), a teacher and painter, is Izhak’s daughter. From her early childhood she dreamed of publishing her parents’ story. Together with her husband, Israel, she has fulfilled her wish.

For seven years, the two worked together. Israel relates, how, at family picnics, Rivka would sit alone with her father under a shady tree, asking him numerous questions, gradually unfolding the family’s story of survival.

The Hebrew version was published in 1982, and since that time Rivka has
lectured to elementary and high school pupils, always arousing great interest and emotion amongst the children.

Rivka and Israel have visited Poland many times, and have been entertained by Gosk (the son) and his family. The courtyard and pigsty remain the same as they were during the war. In recent years, the place has become a veritable tourist attraction, with many people from all over the world visiting Gosk and his wife.

Israel, Rivka’s husband, is an accountant and painter. As a result of his visits to Poland, he started to create paintings depicting Jewish life in Eastern Europe before World War II, including illustrations for the Shumowitz story.

Some of Israel’s paintings appear in the final pages of the book.

Israel Teyer - 1942

Since he arrived in Israel from Russia in1949, Israel Teyer has followed his passion for art. At his father's side, he was taught as a child to understand perspectives in drawings, and, from an early age, he studied under Abba Fenikel, a renown artist famous for his sketches, drawings and wood-blocks. Later at the National University, he practiced with Parvis, the court artist for the Shah of Iran. For the last five years, Mr. Teyer has attended classes under the tutorage of Shaike Klainmann, famous for his water-colors and oils, and with Gad Ulman in Jaffa.

Travels to many parts of the world have influenced the vision and experiences Israel Teyer brings to his works. Visiting Poland brought recollections of his years before the Second World War, while viewing works of Impressionist artists brought new insight to his own paintings.

In Israel, he has exhibited, since 1999, in various galleries and festivals in Tel-Aviv and continues to demonstrate his abilities in various art mediums, such as water color, oils, acrylics and pastels.

Galleries :Amalia Arbel and Yad-Lbanim. 9 Exhibitions in Peth-Tikva.

Rivka Teyer Shumowitz – 1947

Received her degree in teaching and then married Israel Teyer. 

After raising three children, she traveled extensively with her husband who opened her eyes to the beauty of art and her heart to the love of painting.

She commenced her studies for a year with the Association of Painters, then attended the National University for six years, followed by instructions under the tutorage of Sheike Kleinmann. Her appreciation of the colors of flowers and scenery has led her to direct her works to still life and land and seascapes. She works with oil on canvas.

Teyer Rivka has exhibited in many exhibitions and galleries, including The House of the Zionist of America in Tel Aviv. Her most recent exhibition was at the Amalia-Arbel Gallery

She continues her studies at the Avny School of Visual Arts, Tel Aviv.

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Rivka and Israel Teyer were among the artists who participated in "Livre des Artistes Israeliens", a group show with book, held in May, 2008, at Atelier Z : Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot- Paris, France.