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Decades After This Man Survived the Holocaust His Family Discovered a Distressing Nazi Secret

July 06, 2018

Decades After This Man Survived the Holocaust His Family Discovered a Distressing Nazi Secret

Ernst Bornstein’s story of suffering at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two was all too common for Jews living in Europe at the time.

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