Paternal grandmother Josephine Drachsler née Grossmann, 1900
Paternal grandfather Emil Drachsler, 1900
Father Otto Drachsler, 1938
Mother Marianne (Mitzi) Drachsler née Grossmann, 1938
Sister Evelyne (Evy), 1940
Aunt Grete Grossmann. ca. 1937
Uncle Arthur Grossmann, ca. 1937
Aunt Martha Senger née Grossmann and her brother Hans Grossmann, after 1945
Lucy and friends in Eckernförde, Germany, April 1946
Lucy in Eckernförde in April 1946
Lucy and Leslie in Eckernförde, 1946
Lucy and friends in Rivoli, Italy, in a displaced persons camp, ca. 1946-470
Lucy and friends in Rivoli, ca. 1946
Lucy in Rivoli, ca. 1946-47
Lucy with Jenny, uncle Hans's wife, and their daughter lana. Netanya, 1948
Charles, Lucy's husband, in his Israeli Navy uniform, 1948
Lucy in Kfar Yonah at the beginning of her army service, 1949
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim, ca. 1953
Lucy, Yael and baby Irit on Shavuot celebration in Moshav Habonim, ca. 1955
Daughter Yael (b. 1953) in Moshav Habonim, 1958
Daughter Irit (b. 1955) in Moshav Habonim, 1958
Son Gillie (b. 1960) in Caesarea Golf Club, ca. 1967
Lucy and her children in Hadera in the mid 1960s
Lucy, ca. 1960
Lucy and Charles at his workplace, the Caesarea Golf Club, Ca. 1965
Otto Drachsler, 2nd wife Sophie and daughters Lisa and Lena, Uzbekistan, 1960
Otto Drachsler at work as a radiologist in Almalik, Uzbekistan, 1966
Gillie in Jerusalen, 1983
Gillie in Europe in the 1990s
Irit in Cachal in the Galilee, 2009
Tamar, Irit's daughter, 2008
Yael at her home in Manhattan, 2006
Ken, Yael's husband, at their son Guy's bar mitzvah, 2004
Guy during a Scotland road trip with Ken, 2007
Lucy in Manhattan, 2000
Lucy during her 80th birthday celebration at a Manhattan restaurant, 2006
Paternal grandmother Josephine Drachsler née Grossmann, 1900
Paternal grandfather Emil Drachsler, 1900
Father Otto Drachsler, 1938
Mother Marianne (Mitzi) Drachsler née Grossmann, 1938
Sister Evelyne (Evy), 1940
Aunt Grete Grossmann. ca. 1937
Uncle Arthur Grossmann, ca. 1937
Aunt Martha Senger née Grossmann and her brother Hans Grossmann, after 1945
Lucy and friends in Eckernförde, Germany, April 1946
Lucy in Eckernförde in April 1946
Lucy and Leslie in Eckernförde, 1946
Lucy and Leslie in Eckernförde, 1946
Lucy and friends in Rivoli, Italy, in a displaced persons camp, ca. 1946-470
Lucy and friends in Rivoli, ca. 1946
Lucy in Rivoli, ca. 1946-47
Lucy with Jenny, uncle Hans's wife, and their daughter lana. Netanya, 1948
Charles, Lucy's husband, in his Israeli Navy uniform, 1948
Lucy in Kfar Yonah at the beginning of her army service, 1949
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim in the 1950s
Lucy in Moshav Habonim, ca. 1953
Lucy, Yael and baby Irit on Shavuot celebration in Moshav Habonim, ca. 1955
Daughter Yael (b. 1953) in Moshav Habonim, 1958
Daughter Irit (b. 1955) in Moshav Habonim, 1958
Son Gillie (b. 1960) in Caesarea Golf Club, ca. 1967
Lucy and her children in Hadera in the mid 1960s
Lucy, ca. 1960
Lucy and Charles at his workplace, the Caesarea Golf Club, Ca. 1965
Otto Drachsler, 2nd wife Sophie and daughters Lisa and Lena, Uzbekistan, 1960
Otto Drachsler at work as a radiologist in Almalik, Uzbekistan, 1966
Gillie in Jerusalen, 1983
Gillie in Europe in the 1990s
Irit in Cachal in the Galilee, 2009
Tamar, Irit's daughter, 2008
Yael at her home in Manhattan, 2006
Ken, Yael's husband, at their son Guy's bar mitzvah, 2004
Guy during a Scotland road trip with Ken, 2007
Lucy in Manhattan, 2000
The events of World War II left Lucy with many memories of her childhood but no mementos. After the war, one of her only surviving relatives provided Lucy with a few pictures of her family, but she does not have a single one of herself as a child.
Her earliest photos of herself, shown here, are from Eckernförde, Germany, where she started recovering from the horrors of the war. The year was 1946 and she was about to turn 20.
Once she settled in Israel, Lucy became an avid photographer and her house is now filled with the wonderful pictures she took of people and places dear to her heart.