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Holocaust Survivor Reunites With Wife After War Ordeal
Julian Hirshfeld and Franciszka Hirshfeld recount a trek from Auschwitz and Buchenwald to Paris and Brussels, reunion in Belgium, emigration to the United States, and a life in North Carolina. The couple describes Nazi brutality, liberation by an American GI, immigration hurdles, and eventual citizenship while stressing vigilance against communism.
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Frances
Julian
Auschwitz
Franciszka
Otto Schwartz
Poland
Hirshfeld
Buna
Synthe
America
Brussels
Sweden
United States
Paris
Florida
Jacksonville
U. S
Hanover
Buchenwald
Germany
Hirschfeld
Manhattan
Julian Hirshfeld
Belgium
Francis Hirschfeld
Zawiercie
Ravensbrueck
Western
Europe
Valdese
N. C
Greenville
S. C
Chemstrand
Decatur
14Th Ave
Margaret Dorothy
Hirshfelds
Max Sholom
Temple B’nai Sholom
Huntsville
Sons of Peace
Frances Hirschfeld