I fact checked the story told by @SamanthaJPower:
Bialystok ghetto was liquidated in 1943, its inhabitants transported to Majdanek concentration camp and Treblinka extermination camps.
The Soviet Army liberated Majdanek and Treblinka.
Bialystok ghetto was liquidated in 1943, its inhabitants transported to Majdanek concentration camp and Treblinka extermination camps.
The Soviet Army liberated Majdanek and Treblinka.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1331302959804715009
Here's a short account of Samuel Pizar's early life:
Pisar was born in Białystok, Poland, to Jewish parents []
His parents and younger sister Frieda were murdered by Nazis. Pisar was sent to Majdanek, Bliżyn, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, /1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pi…
Pisar was born in Białystok, Poland, to Jewish parents []
His parents and younger sister Frieda were murdered by Nazis. Pisar was sent to Majdanek, Bliżyn, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, /1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pi…
Dachau and ultimately to the Engelberg Tunnel near Leonberg.[2] At the end of the war, he escaped during a death march.[1]
After the liberation, Pisar spent a year and a half in the American occupation zone of Germany,[] was rescued by an aunt living in Paris."
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After the liberation, Pisar spent a year and a half in the American occupation zone of Germany,[] was rescued by an aunt living in Paris."
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@SamanthaJPower Please explain how the story you relayed fits into the real events of Blinken's stepfather's life.
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