The diamond that helped one family escape Nazi Germany

September 09, 2015 11:20

Derek Doneen, a 28-year-old documentary filmmaker from Los Angeles, spent a year saving for an engagement ring before he told his parents about his plan to propose. His mom mentioned that there was a diamond in the family that he could use for his girlfriend Jenna's ring instead.

Derek didn't know it at the time, but the stone was part of an heirloom necklace that had been passed down in his family for generations, starting with his great-grandparents -- Jews that escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s -- and continuing on to his grandma, his mom and finally to him.

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