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My grand dad escaped Hungary while his family got deported to #Auschwitz.
Then he entered in the Légion étrangère in France and burnt his ID mentioning JEW, got new one where he lied about the religion, and changed his name from Tivadar Kántor to Théodore Kantor. 1/4
Then he entered in the Légion étrangère in France and burnt his ID mentioning JEW, got new one where he lied about the religion, and changed his name from Tivadar Kántor to Théodore Kantor. 1/4
This thread shows a picture of his Czech maternal family Neumann with his mother Bertha, all men gone.
She sent her son away to protect him. She rescued a dozen of Jews by hiding them in her business basement. 2/4
She sent her son away to protect him. She rescued a dozen of Jews by hiding them in her business basement. 2/4
My grand mother got expelled from home Alsace in France because she was not German enough.
In her refugee camp in Lyon, French citizens complained that they would have more food without all those refugees. 3/4
In her refugee camp in Lyon, French citizens complained that they would have more food without all those refugees. 3/4
Brexiters like Mark François should leave #WW2 where it is, there's no good memories for anyone, except the creation of the EU to make sure this will never happen again and how amazing we are to have moved past these dark times without forgetting. 4/4
Fyi, got inspired by your thread @GuitarMoog
And I would like to add, despite all of this, I deeply love Germany and my German friends.
Stop holding them to account. They weren't born.
It's hard to be a child from victims, but I can't imagine how hard it is to be a child of those who were involved.
Leave them alone.
Stop holding them to account. They weren't born.
It's hard to be a child from victims, but I can't imagine how hard it is to be a child of those who were involved.
Leave them alone.
