Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakLeon Slominski watches Howard Reich say goodbye to his mother, Sonia Reich, at the facility where she lives. Leon and Sonia grew up together in Poland, but were separated during the Holocaust.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakHoward Reich (left) and Leon Slominski stand outside the old family home in Dubno, Ukraine.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakThe centuries-old synagogue in Dubno, Ukraine, the village where Sonia Reich's childhood was interrupted by the Holocaust. At that time, the area was part of Poland.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakAn idyllic day in Dubno.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakLeon Slominski examines headstones in Ozirko, Ukraine, searching for family members who were killed in the Holocaust.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakHoward Reich (left), Olga Chernobaj and Peter Slominski walk at Shibennaya Hill, the site of mass executions of Jews during the Holocaust. Chernobaj witnessed the executions and recounted her experiences for the documentary film.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakThe old family home, where Leon Slominski and Sonia Reich thrived before the Holocaust, in Dubno.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakThe town of Dubno is reflected in the window of the local bakery.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakLeon Slominski and Howard Reich are serenaded by a strolling accordionist in Warsaw, during a break in filming for ?Prisoner of Her Past.?
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakHoward Reich (left) and Leon Slominski speak with a local resident as the men search for traces of their family's past.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakHoward Reich (center) and Leon Slominski listen as Olga Chernobaj recounts seeing thousands of Jews massacred in this area of Dubno.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakLeon Slominski's face reflects the toll of what he has learned during his journey with Howard Reich.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakHoward Reich and Leon Slominski are filmed by Gordon Quinn as they commiserate after a difficult encounter with Sonia Reich.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew BzdakLeon Slominski, Sonia Reich's cousin, visits the grave of his sister in the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw. His sister, Hanna Fanka Jarzynska, also survived the Holocaust.
Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak
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Leon Slominski watches Howard Reich say goodbye to his mother, Sonia Reich, at the facility where she lives. Leon and Sonia grew up together in Poland, but were separated during the Holocaust.
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Over 60 years ago, Sonia Reich was hunted by the Nazis in Poland. Today, she is living those horrible times all over again. Her son, Tribune reporter Howard Reich, sought to find out why, and his search into her past is chronicled in this special report and in the new film “Prisoner of Her Past.”