I had, they have since died, 2 friends. (Reply #10)

In the discussion thread: International Holocaust Remembrance Day:Have you ever been to a Concentration Camp or met a survivor [View all]

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Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:05 AM

Cold War Spook (1,279 posts)

10. I had, they have since died, 2 friends.

My niece, as a senior in high school, was doing a paper on the Holocaust and my friends talked to her about it. It really upset her, but her paper was good and she won a trip to Denmark and Anne Frank's home.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
International Holocaust Remembrance Day:Have you ever been to a Concentration Camp or met a survivor [View all]	Behind the Aegis	Jan 2019	OP
Yes, to both. More than one survivor.	Solly Mack	Jan 2019	#1
Though I knew several survivors, one stood out in particular	DFW	Jan 2019	#2
My Husband helped liberate	True Blue American	Jan 2019	#3
Wow...such an incredible life story. Thank you for sharing	Docreed2003	Jan 2019	#7
This all happened before I met him	True Blue American	Jan 2019	#9
That is really special.	Behind the Aegis	Jan 2019	#22
I've been to Dachau.	GentryDixon	Jan 2019	#4
We used to live in West Hollywood, near the "borscht belt."	Hortensis	Jan 2019	#5
The "borscht belt" is nowhere near West Hollywood	oberliner	Jan 2019	#13
:) I don't keep count, Oberliner,	Hortensis	Jan 2019	#15
Perhaps googling - before discounting - is a good idea?	salin	Jan 2019	#28
My mother was a Holocaust survivor	Fortinbras Armstrong	Jan 2019	#6
I am a 2nd generation of a Holocaust survivor	The Truth Is Here	Jan 2019	#8
I had, they have since died, 2 friends.	Cold War Spook	Jan 2019	#10
My first trip to Europe in 1983	mnhtnbb	Jan 2019	#11
My childhood best friend's father was a teenager in Auschwitz. My	mucifer	Jan 2019	#12
Met survivors, never been to mainland Europe, but took the kids to the Holocaust Museum in DC	Maeve	Jan 2019	#14
I would like to go to visit a concentration camp. I still can't wrap my mind around what the	UniteFightBack	Jan 2019	#16
When I was in high school	Bettie	Jan 2019	#17
As a teenager, I worked at a cleaners	Beringia	Jan 2019	#18
Polish Catholic neighbor	whistler162	Jan 2019	#19
Thanks for the reminder.	Behind the Aegis	Jan 2019	#20
My husband's parents were Holocaust survivors. One of his elderly cousins leads tours of Auschwitz	Hekate	Jan 2019	#21
I have not been to a concentration camp, but I have been to many Jewish graveyards,, memorials and	smirkymonkey	Jan 2019	#23
I haven't knowingly met a survivor...	Wounded Bear	Jan 2019	#24
never for either but........	Takket	Jan 2019	#25
The one I met was a old Greek lady, had the tattoo on her arm..	EX500rider	Jan 2019	#26
I've seen the movie Schindler's List at least 5 times	FakeNoose	Jan 2019	#27
A friend's father helped liberate survivors	Ilsa	Jan 2019	#29
Both.	GulfCoast66	Jan 2019	#30
When I was in elementary school a survivor came to talk to us.	tammywammy	Jan 2019	#31
My father was a survivor of Auschwitz	Danmel	Jan 2019	#32
My favorite uncle brought his bride, a survivor, home from WWII	Maru Kitteh	Jan 2019	#33
As a surg.tech. student (70's), I worked with two surgeons, both had arm tattoos.	Greybnk48	Jan 2019	#34
My husband (now my ex) is Jewish, Ashkanzi.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jan 2019	#35
The whole family went to Dachau.	KitSileya	Jan 2019	#36

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