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==Early life== Genyusha Zelkovicz was born in [[ΕΓ³dΕΊ]], Poland<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/genya-ravan-mn0000165261/biography|title=Genya Ravan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 7, 2014}}</ref> in a Jewish family in 1940 and emigrated to the United States in 1947, accompanied by her parents and one sister. They were her only family members who had survived the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] in Europe.<ref name="AMG" /> Two brothers, grandparents, and multiple aunts and uncles died in [[Concentration camp|concentration camps]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=ALanger |date=2022-04-26 |title=This punk rock legend survived the Holocaust β and she's still singing and fighting |url=https://forward.com/culture/500774/genya-ravan-punk-legend-cbgb-goldie-gingerbreads-holocaust-survivor/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> The family did not speak any English when they arrived. Genya was named 'Goldie' by her mother, who claimed Genyusha was not American enough.
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