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NNadir

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4. My first boss, when I was at the age of 16, was a survivor. He ran a sandwich shop.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 01:02 PM

Apr 25

He never spoke of it, but he had the tattoo. At the age of 16, I really didn't grasp what it meant. It seemed mysterious.

He was a gentle person, a wonderful man, spoke good, but highly accented English.

He didn't speak of what he'd been through, and I wouldn't have had the courage to ask if I understood, which, at the time I didn't.

The last time I saw him, he'd opened another shop, about 10 years after I worked there. He asked me what I was doing, and I told him I was a chemist, and he asked me a question that shot right through me.

"For good or for bad?"

I have had to ask myself that question at times.

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Holocaust survivors call for end to war in Gaza. Israelis gather on Holocaust Memorial Day [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 OP

I sometimes go look at Holocaust memorials online for individuals IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #1

I did not know that there were survivors left. By survival, they spoke for all humanity, as do all genocide victims. NNadir Apr 25 #2

A childhood neighbor of my wife, was a Holocaust survivor IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 25 #3

My first boss, when I was at the age of 16, was a survivor. He ran a sandwich shop. NNadir Apr 25 #4