Holocaust memoirs questioned over identity and birth date
New York reports claims by Binjamin Wilkomirski that he is a Latvian Jew born in 1939 face scrutiny. The author of Fragments: Memoirs of a Wartime Childhood has been praised worldwide but Swiss records reportedly show he was born in 1941 to an unwed Swiss mother and adopted, challenging his narrative and raising doubts about his claimed Holocaust survivor history.
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New York Times
Binjamin Wilkomirski
United States
Britain
the Times
Wilkomirski
Poland
Zurich
Wilkomirski Controversy Over Missing Records and Alleged Swaps
The Swiss author Daniel Ganzfried questions Wilkomirski’s tale after discovering records that place him in Zurich in 1947 and a 1946 photograph in his adoptive parents’ garden. Wilkomirski recalls his father’s assault, asserts a third person altered legal records, and publishers back the profile while the author remains reclusive.
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Wilkomirski
Daniel Ganzfried
Zurich
Switzerland
Coca Cola to Enter Booming Bottled Water Market
Coca Cola Co plans a bottled water launch in early 1999 with Dasani as a possible brand. The WSJ cites sources noting national rollout later, tapping a $4 billion market and leveraging its marketing power to compete with Pepsi Aquafina and Perrier brands.
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Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola Co
Wall Street Journal
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the Journal
PepsiCo Inc
Aquafina
Perrier
Poland Spring
Arrowhead
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