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I was born in August 1942, in Czechoslovakia. Both of my parents survived the concentration camps. The rest of the family, except one brother and one sister, died in the camps. My mother was in Ravensbrück, a death camp for women in Germany. My father was in Mauthausen, a slave labor camp in Austria. We moved to Israel in 1947, and I believe that, in spite of the hardship, it was the best thing that could have happened to us. We learned that Jews can and should have a national homeland and a pride as a people. We all understood that ‘Never Again’ is not only a phrase, it is a life’s philosophy!

 

Presov, Czechoslovakia

Vered Galor