Ruth Meisner
| Ruth Meisner | |
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| First appearance | Wireless, Part 1 |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | None |
| Formal name | Ruth Blumenthal née Meisner |
| Gender | |
| Age | 68 |
| Date of birth | 1921 |
| Date of death | July 6th 1989 |
| Home | Germany, Israel |
| Occupation | Former Anti-Nazi resistance fighter Former dancer |
| Significant other | Zivi Blumenthal (husband) formerly Rooijker |
| Child | David Rooijker Zahava Gitelman |
| Grandchild | Hana Gitleman |
Ruth Meisner was the mother of David Rooijker and Zahava Gitelman, and grandmother of Hana Gitelman. Having served as a freedom fighter against the Nazi regime in World War II, and later suffered imprisonment in their death camps (though survived), Ruth left a strong legacy for both her daughter and granddaughter.
Character History
Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 1
Hana's tanta (grandmother) fights the Nazis; the resistance uses smoke to communicate and coordinate attacks. She fights a losing battle, until she is finally interred in Auschwitz.
In 1989, in Jerusalem, Israel, Hana, Zahava, and Hana's grandmother board a bus. The vehicle careens off the road in a suicide attack, and the two older women are killed, leaving Hana to survive in the hospital.
Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 3
In 1944, Hana's grandmother is brought into custody by the Nazis. When she feels threatened by one of her captors, she kicks him in his jaw.
Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 4
Thinking of her grandmother in World War II, Hana considers her pride.
Heroes Evolutions
According to the Gitelman family tree found by Micah in the archives of corinthianlasvegas.com, Ruth had a relationship with an unknown Dutch freedom fighter, possibly named Rooijker. They had a son born in 1943, possibly named David.
A Global News Interactive video posted on Hana's website reports that Ruth was once a dancer. The report also claims that in 1943 during World War II, Ruth gave birth to a son named David, fathered by Rooijker. David grew up and later became known as Richard Drucker.
Notes
- While in Auschwitz, Hana's grandmother receives a tattoo on her right wrist. The number sequence begins "359".
- When speaking of her grandmother, Hana sometimes refers to her as "Tanta". On her MySpace page, Hana calls her "Bubbe".
Gallery
As a child, Ruth was a student of ballet.
Hana's grandmother fights for the resistance against the Nazis.
Hana remembers that her grandmother had conviction ... and strong legs.
Head shaved, she was placed in a concentration camp at Auschwitz.
The day Hana's grandmother died, she boarded a bus destined for a suicide attack.
