A few years ago I took a group of fellows and residents to see an old patient of mine who had been admitted to the hospital. I wanted to show them a physical exam finding I was pretty sure they had never seen before and would likely never see again. 1/
They probably assumed I was going to have them listen to an unusual heart murmur, but when we entered the room I asked the patient to roll up his sleeve. I wanted them to meet this extraordinary man & see the number tattooed on his forearm when he arrived in Auschwitz in 1944. 2/
Through a series of remarkable events he would survive Auschwitz, and later a frozen journey in an open cattle car to yet another concentration camp. 3/
And on this #YomHaShoah2022 I’m thinking of him and all those who not just survived but thrived, and the 6 million souls this world lost.
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