St. Paul Lutheran reflects on the Holocaust
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St. Paul Lutheran reflects on the Holocaust
Published Thursday, June 8, 2006
by By Nicol Jenkins
Boca students from all walks of religious and spiritual life listened to one manâs tale of survival from the Holocaust and then wrote letters pledging ânever again.â?
Holocaust child survivor Dr. Pierre Chanover recently spoke to the St. Paul Lutheran Schoolâs middle school students about his struggles. Chanover has two grandsons, Robert and Mark Schramm that attend the Boca school.
A Holocaust Survivorâs Story
At age 10, Chanover was forced into a concentration camp as one of the âhidden childrenâ? in France. Chanover said he was separated from his mother and his father was sent to an Auschwitz concentration camp.
âIt was horrible,â? Chanover said. âThere were 23 concentration camps in France. None were death camps. But all of them were for transit where we would be sent to Auschwitz or die because of famine.â?
Chanover said he escaped a year later and spent the rest of the time hiding. After the war ended, the Red Cross reunited Chanover with his mother. His father died.
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