At 17 I traveled with a group of youth to Zhitomir, Ukraine to volunteer in the community. It was fulfilling and delightful, but tipped many of us out of our comfort zones: one day we visited a home with children who had been physically and neurologically affected by the Chernobyl disaster aftermath. Many days we […]
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Jonathan-auxier
Only-alfred
Miracle of the orphans who escaped the gas chambers: Two Jewish boys who were among 13 children saved from the Nazis after they were hidden in a Belgian hospital are reunited after 76 years to reveal their incredible story
Jacques Weisser and Bill Frankenstein were among only 13 of 39 Jewish children from the orphanage in Antwerp to escape the Holocaust and survive the War
Aged one, the boys were spirited away from the Nazis tightening their grip on Antwerp and hidden at Sint-Erasmus Hospital
The only memory Jacques had of Bill was from two black and white photos of them both taken in 1944 after Belgium was liberated
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Jerusalem
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