Two Holocaust Survivors Reunite 79 Years Later

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It isn’t often that one gets to write the words “heart-warming” and “Sachsenhausen” in the same sentence, but here’s a rare occasion: a reunion by two 97-year-old Holocaust survivors who lost track of each other back in 1943, but reunited for the first time–by accident no less–recently.  Click here for the full story.

A heart-warming tale indeed.

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  • 09

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    Apr 09, 2022-Apr 02, 2023
    German invasion of Norway
  • 12

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    Apr 12, 2022-Apr 04, 2023
    Odd Nansen’s daughter Siri Nansen was born
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    Apr 22, 2022-Apr 15, 2023
    Sachsenhausen (including Buergenthal) liberated
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    Apr 24, 2022-Apr 17, 2023
    Josef Terboven appointed Reichskommissar of Norway
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    Apr 28, 2022-Apr 21, 2023
    Odd Nansen evacuated from Neuengamme on White Buses to Denmark, then Sweden.
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