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Grandfather: It was very touching to go back. And very hard.

Grandson: I went to Auschwitz on a tour when I was 18. This might be weird but I think the strongest emotion I felt was pride that I come from such a strong family. An entire government and military tried to destroy my family and failed.

He had no idea anything was happening until he was being sent to the camps.

His advice would be "don't allow someone like Hitler into power."

My add-on to that, politics is important. Pay attention, be active, and vote

He knew one of the men beforehand, but mostly was pretty uninterested (I know not the answer you wanted to hear, sorry.)

As for the most interesting thing he's shares with me, it's hard to pick one because it really does blow my mind every time I think about it. But, I'd have to say the fact that he marched for 3 days straight without stopping while the Nazis were fleeing from Auschwitz from the Russians. I can't even imagine how he did it.

He said "I think they should be treated better. {The immigrants} are not here for fun. They're here because they have to be."

It was from daylight to dark, I was at work. And we only got off one day on Sunday, that we were able to get a shower. The whole community, the whole block, shared a shower. I had no relationship with the other prisoners. We never got to talk to anybody