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Max Stodel

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I was born in Amsterdam, Holland and was one of seven children born to Betje and Izak Stodel. Before the war, I loved playing soccer in the streets with my friends. I was deported from Holland to Germany the day after I got married to Jeannette van Praag. I was sent to nine concentration camps but spent most of my time in Blechhammer, Germany. Before the war, I had a big and close family and was the youngest of seven children. After the war, I came back to realize I was the youngest and the oldest. The Holocaust stripped me of all my family and friends.

 

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