Hessy Levinsons Taft, who passed away at 91, was born to Jewish parents in Berlin in 1934. As an infant, her photograph was unknowingly submitted by a German photographer to a Nazi competition seeking the ideal Aryan baby, and her image was chosen and published widely. The revelation of her Jewish identity led her family to fear for her safety, prompting them to keep her indoors. Taft and her family eventually fled Germany, finding refuge in Cuba before settling in the United States, where she became a professor and biochemist. Taft later shared her remarkable story publicly, describing it as a form of 'good revenge' against the Nazi regime.