Lena Allen

Lena Allen-Shore: . Born Nov. 17, 1921 in Jaslo, Poland; died Dec. 3, 2018, in Ottawa. Lena and Sigmond (Shore, her husband) moved from Poland to Paris, where Sigmond worked as a diplomat and Lena a journalist, while also continuing her studies at the University of Paris. In 1951, abandoning the Communism of Eastern Europe, they made their way to Canada, deciding upon Montreal where they could speak French and live in one of the largest Jewish communities in Canada.