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Never forget the Holocaust survivor speaks at service
Esther Shaftan Shuftan, a Holocaust survivor, recalls family losses and the Ravensbrück and Dachau camps during a community ceremony at Temple B'nai Yehuda in Homewood. Her sister Sara helped save her life as they endured forced marches, starvation, and deportation before liberation by American troops.
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Esther
Sidney Shaftan
Glenwood
Europe
Esther Shuftan
Valea Azulei
Abraham Tuvel
Budapest
National Guard
Sara
Mina
Esther Shaftan
Sidney
Buchenwald
Auschwitz
Birkenau
Temple B’nai Yehuda
Homewood
Esther Tuvel
Valea Uzului
Transylvania
Romania
Esther Tuvel Shuftan
Hell
Ravensbruck
Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
Shuftan
Burgau
Dachau
Carol Dorsett
Temple B'nai Yehuda