Holocaust survivor donates jewelry
China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-17 07:47
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Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows jewelry he decided to donate to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum on Monday. Hack donated eight pieces of gold and other jewelry he has safeguarded for over 60 years. AP |
JERUSALEM: As a slave laborer in Auschwitz, Meyer Hack was forced to sort through the tattered clothing stripped off inmates before they were sent to the gas chambers. He gathered valuable belongings hidden inside the clothes, stuffed them in a sock, hid them and later spirited them to freedom.
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