Thread by @PYMundGenealogy

My great-grandmother spent her last few francs on a lottery ticket instead of buying food while passing as a non-Jew in occupied France.

She won, and collected her winnings by revealing her ID to the bank manager and offering to split the gains.
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https://twitter.com/lifesafeast/status/1387117957550071813

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The money went for smugglers who brought over her, her husband, and their three children to safety in Switzerland.

She played the lottery again (shared ticket with a friend) in her old age, just for fun this time - and won again.

Here's the story, from her friend's perspective, from @BeitChabad on @Chabad . (Her friend, Doba, initiated the purchase; I'd forgotten.)
he.chabad.org/library/articl…

(only of the second win, obviously)

Mind you, I doubt she felt very "lucky" then, in middle of the war...

She had recently lost a toddler while in hiding (possibly because they were in hiding? no one remembers for sure) and the smugglers abandoned her youngest, a newborn or infant, in a convent on the way!
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... she had to double back to get him out. (My grandfather, BTW!)

Here's a brief mention of their escape to Switzerland (the pictures are of my grandfather and his siblings somewhat later, so he isn't an infant there...), which on the receiving end was orchestrated by the Vaad Hatzola:
books.google.com/books?id=WaObe…

Here's the official record of their arrival in Switzerland (via @JewishGen)