Brisker Rav's escape, details needed.

amother

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 12:17 am

Hi. Not sure this belongs here but maybe someone can help me.
I'm working on a project and a small part of it involves the story of the Brisker rav and his escape from the Nazis. There is a famous story where he coached his children to concentrate on the words "ain od milvado."

Now, I'm trying to get the story straight and I've been searching the internet. I'm coming up with a bunch of contradictory details.

In one version, he escaped with three of his kids: Lifsha, Rivka and Berel.
In another, it says he had to escape with his 2 teenage daughters and 9 year old son. But according to the dates of their birth, there were no teenage girls and the youngest son (Meir) was 11 at the time .

In another version, published in the Mishpacha upon the death of Rav Dovid ztl,
only his 4 sons escaped with him: Berel, Chaim, Dovid and Refoel. Meir, Lifsha and Rivka came later.

I wonder if there is a definitive account. Does anyone have a book that could check it up?
Thanks in advance.

amother

Sun, Dec 11 2022, 12:34 am

Another contradiction is that in one version the oldest daughter, Freidel, who was 27 at the time of the war, was already married and escaped separately.
In another version, she died at the age of 6.