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Holocaust survivor seeks birthplace in Belarus mass grave
A Holocaust survivor, now in his 70s, retraces his past from a boy mascot to a man, seeking his birthplace in Dzerzhinsk Belarus and the mass grave of 1000 to 1920 Jews. His son helps piece the tale with AP records, linking him to the Kurzeme Battalion and a life in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dzerzhinsk
Belarus
Alex Kurzem
Australia
Bourne
United States
Kurzem
Associated Press
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington
Aron Lustiger
Paris
Aharon Appelfeld
Israel
Thomas Buergenthal
Auschwitz
the Hague
The
Soviet Union
Jekabs Kulis
Kulis
Xurzem
Jekabs Dzenis
Riga
Dzenis
Mark
Koidanovo
Jewish Holocaust Center
Melbourne
Uldis
Alex) Kurzem
Panok
Dzerzhi
Emmanuel Krupitsky
Galperin
Alex
Solomon
Krupitsky
Little Rock
Ark