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My mom survived Auschwitz. She’s 96. We can’t let her story die with her

She is a Holocaust survivor, a community that is only getting smaller over time. We need to tell her story, to remind us what can happen — especially now, with antisemitism on the rise.

Eddy Bresnitz's mother (left) at age 21, pictured with her two sisters in Bergen-Belsen in 1946. It was a combination of youth, timing, intelligence, bravery, stamina, and help from others that enabled them to survive the holocaust, he writes. As well as a lot of "pure luck."
Eddy Bresnitz's mother (left) at age 21, pictured with her two sisters in Bergen-Belsen in 1946. It was a combination of youth, timing, intelligence, bravery, stamina, and help from others that enabled them to survive the holocaust, he writes. As well as a lot of "pure luck."Read moreEddy Bresnitz
    by Eddy A. Bresnitz, For The Inquirer
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