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Showing Original Post only (View all)80 years ago today, my father was liberated from Plattling concentration camp [View all]
By the US Army.
He weighed 89 pounds, had typhus and heard the nuns in the hospital say in German that "nothing would come of him."
He lived to come to New York, raise a family and welcome his first Jewish granddaughter in a baby naming ceremony on hitlers birthday.
I am grateful he did not live to see Trump.
We have to stay vigilant and loud during these perilous times.
Peace dad, I love and miss you.
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Danmel
Apr 28
OP
As those who grew up in these shadows fade away, the Nazi fist rises anew. We can never stop being vigilant.
NBachers
Apr 28
#9
What an incredible man you had as a father. Did your dad have any hobbies? I'm just in awe of someone who
MLAA
Apr 28
#20
What an inspiring story! And how wonderful that his survival brought you into the world.
mucholderthandirt
Apr 28
#18
Wow. I saw photos of some of the camps on liberation days, back in the '60s; so I know what the imprisoned looked....
electric_blue68
Apr 28
#23