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In new film, director Polanski revisits the horrors of his Holocaust boyhood
Times of Israel ^ | 31 may 2021 | Afp

Posted on 09/20/2021 8:32:54 PM PDT by Cronos

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To: Cronos

I was unaware of Korzcak

He went to Treblinka with his 200 orphans and other staff who chose death to stay with the children.

He was offered the option to go to either hide on the gentile section of Warsaw or to be sent to the following :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt

Where a sizable minority of Jews survived the war in Bohemia ....Czech Republic today

Amazing story....there is quite a bit on him out there....

I know tons of Shoah films have been done but his story is as worthy as any


61 posted on 09/21/2021 10:04:17 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks )
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I was unaware of him until I moved to Warsaw. He ought to be better known.


62 posted on 09/21/2021 11:00:10 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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