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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

the 'Buchenwald Boys'

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

In Melbourne, the 'Buchenwald Boys' — who survived the concentration camp as children, and emigrated to Australia together — celebrated the 70th anniversary of their liberation at their annual ball.
“We didn’t believe him; we didn’t know who he was. But then he started speaking Yiddish to us. And we knew we were free.” On April 11, 1945, Szaja Chaskiel...
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