This is a story of how you can take the girl out of Odesa, but you can’t take Odesa out of the girl. When Anna was 2, her whole family moved to Germany, including her grandparents and great-grandfather. The family’s roots were Jewish, and Germany was welcoming members of the Jewish diaspora from around the world. Despite the big move, Anna’s grandparents remained very active participants of Ukrainian and Odesan émigré life in Berlin.