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Pinchas Gutter: Warsaw Ghetto Survivor
Rain tapped against the window as I sat next to Pinchas, a Holocaust survivor and educator, listening to his experiences as his wife provided us with delicious bowls of hot soup. It was an overcast day, but the warmth and welcoming nature of Pinchas and his wife, Dorothy, expelled the grey weather. I felt incredibly…
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Elmer DeLucia: Omaha Beach
This post was written in 2019 for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The cool, salty water laps at the shore of Omaha Beach in calm movements. The air is light, warm, breezy, peaceful. Seventy-five years ago, the cries of the wounded carried on the breeze, mingling with volleys of bullets that penetrated the summer air.…
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Warsaw Ghetto Survivor: Andrew Tylman
Last weekend I had the immense privilege of interviewing five Holocaust survivors in Canada with the Crestwood Oral Histories Project. We heard testimonies that were heavy with the heartache that comes from incomprehensible acts of evil, loss, and tragedy. In spite of this, their perseverance and hope outweighed their circumstances and they emerged from the Holocaust as…
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