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Being jewish, the holocaust is always a sensitive topic for me. I know for myself that the odds of me surviving the holocaust would be zero. It bothers me to no end when people compare the holocaust to other genocides. I always say that it is something that isn't comparable to anything that the would understand. The stories i have been told have been passed through the generations of my family. My great grandfather escaped the Ukraine on a boat with two of his brothers and one of his sisters, days before the capture of his village. Only him and one of his brothers survived. The rest of his family was later captured, his father was placed in a work camp along with his oldest brother, his mother to a death camp as well as his other sister. None of them survived.

On that note...Did your grandfather have anyone in his family from whom he has not seen again? (because they escaped before it was too late or they were separated when being shipped to or from camps)

Good to hear he found his brother before he passed. Good to have some sort of closure rather than not knowing. My condolences to your grandfather. And thank you for representing him in this AMA and for making this possible.